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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. MLK states that a person would have come to a startling conclusion if they had visited Birmingham before what date?
(a) April 2nd, 1963.
(b) April 10th, 1963.
(c) April 4th, 1963.
(d) April 3rd, 1963.

2. Who did Clarence Jones tell MLK had raised fifty thousand dollars for bail bonds?
(a) Arthur Shores.
(b) Harry Belafonte.
(c) Wyatt Walker.
(d) Orzell Billingsley.

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

4. MLK mentions that the nation could not have been more amazed if what type of machines had turned human and stalked the lands?
(a) Room-size.
(b) Horse-size.
(c) House-size.
(d) Skyscraper-size.

5. What was every volunteer in Birmingham required to sign?
(a) A Peace Letter.
(b) A Pledge to March.
(c) A Commitment Card.
(d) A Letter of Intent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many volunteers from the Negro community were willing to join the ranks and go to jail in Birmingham?

2. According to MLK, what is the best way to defeat an army?

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

4. The Negro Revolution is described as generating quietly just like what?

5. MLK states that their "army" would sing but not do what?

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