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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through New Day in Birmingham.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did governor George Wallace pledge to have forever in his inauguration vow?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Integration.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Togetherness.

2. By 1963, more than how many African nations had risen from colonial bondage?
(a) Thirty-four.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Thirty.

3. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," what does MLK say the Negro had been deeply disappointed over?
(a) The complacency of the courts.
(b) The barring of Negros from eating at lunch counters.
(c) The ignorance of the white leaders.
(d) The slow pace of school desegregation.

4. In "The Sword That Heals," MLK mentions that Negroes had to face the fact that in the South they have to move without what?
(a) Light.
(b) Wanting.
(c) Allies.
(d) Words.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the city government obtained a court injunction to cease the activities of the "Negro army," what did MLK's group do?

2. During the time of slavery, why would a Negro cook agree with their white owners instead of defending themselves?

3. When Mahatma Gandhi and his followers had faced the guns of the British Empire in India with nonviolence how many people did they free from colonialism?

4. What did Wyatt Walker confer with lawyers about?

5. When MLK's wife was refused the opportunity to speak to her husband after he was placed in jail, who did she call?

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