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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. What does MLK talk about in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963" that celebrates it's 100th birthday in 1963?
(a) The Homestead Act.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) National Currency Act.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

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

3. When MLK was autographing copies of his book in the Harlem department store, what was he stabbed with?
(a) A pointed stick.
(b) A letter opener.
(c) A razor blade.
(d) A pocket knife.

4. What does MLK claim is the "sword that heals"?
(a) Integration.
(b) Civil Rights.
(c) Equality.
(d) Nonviolence.

5. During the time of slavery, why would a Negro cook agree with their white owners instead of defending themselves?
(a) Because they would lose their job.
(b) Because they would be sold to another owner.
(c) Because they would not get to see their family.
(d) Because they wouldn't be able to live in the master's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to suffer how?

2. In "The Sword That Heals," what does MLK mention was no longer a disgrace, but a badge of honor?

3. In MLK's description of the "armies" that were marching in Birmingham, who does he say that doctors marched with?

4. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," MLK quotes a poet. Where does the poet say the blackness of nighttime collects?

5. What book was MLK autographing copies of in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963?"

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