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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. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to suffer how?
(a) Easily.
(b) Secretively.
(c) Silently.
(d) Mournfully.

2. In 1963, MLK states that the Negro dared to do what for the first time?
(a) Take their children on a march.
(b) Stand up for injustice.
(c) Talk back to a white man.
(d) Look back at a white man, eye to eye.

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

4. What does MLK say the extremists were saying while the conservatives were saying, "let us not move so fast"?
(a) "Let us go out and fight until death."
(b) "Let us go out and stand tall in front of the white man."
(c) "Let us go out and whip the world."
(d) "Let us go out and take a stand against those who have wronged us."

5. To the Negro in 1963 nonviolence could symbolize the "gold badge of heroism" rather than what?
(a) The white feather of cowardice.
(b) The yellow feather of humility.
(c) The white flag of surrender.
(d) The yellow flag of despair.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1963, more than how many African nations had risen from colonial bondage?

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

3. During the time of slavery, Negroes were forbidden to associate with each other except in the case of what two things?

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

5. In the days of slavery what does MLK say kept the Negro captive?

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