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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Sword That Heals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Negro Revolution is described as generating quietly just like what?
(a) A river.
(b) Lightning.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) An ocean wave.

2. At the beginning of 1963, how many negro students were attending integrated schools?
(a) 10 per cent.
(b) 9 per cent.
(c) 4 per cent.
(d) 13 per cent.

3. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," MLK quotes a poet. Where does the poet say the blackness of nighttime collects?
(a) In our hearts.
(b) On our love.
(c) On the streets.
(d) In our mouth.

4. In "The Sword That Heals," what does MLK mention was no longer a disgrace, but a badge of honor?
(a) Businesses seperating areas for blacks and white.
(b) Being seen as different.
(c) A Negro going to jail.
(d) Being called names on the street.

5. What law does MLK say the Supreme Court retreated from it's own position by approving?
(a) The Pupil Placement Law.
(b) The Negro Exclusion Law.
(c) The Public School Law.
(d) The Integration Deliverance Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Sword That Heals," MLK states that the Negro turned his back on force because he knew he couldn't win through physical force, and he also believed he could lose what?

2. There was a visiting statesman that waved his hand and stated that he was "aware of current events. I know everything you are telling me about what the white man is doing to the Negro." Where was this statesman from?

3. To the Negro in 1963 nonviolence could symbolize the "gold badge of heroism" rather than what?

4. How many cities are mentioned to be in civil turmoil in the beginning of "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963"?

5. What does MLK say are the teachers for human beings?

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