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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 does MLK describe as the ultimate tragedy of Birmingham?
(a) The fear of the good people.
(b) The sinfulness of the bad people.
(c) The brutality of the bad people.
(d) The silence of the good people.

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

3. When the city government obtained a court injunction to cease the activities of the "Negro army," what did MLK's group do?
(a) They all sat on the courthouse steps.
(b) They sent a letter to city officials concerning their cause.
(c) They appeared in court with all the volunteers following behind.
(d) They disobeyed the court order.

4. In the beginning of the book, MLK states that the chill and frost were replaced by what type of spring?
(a) Placid.
(b) Warm.
(c) Exuberant..
(d) Lazy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What law does MLK say the Supreme Court retreated from it's own position by approving?

2. What does the "C" stand for in the term, "Project C"?

3. What was one of the most important parts of the mass meetings according to MLK?

4. When the crusade started marching from Zion Hill church, how far were they permitted to march?

5. What does MLK say the extremists were saying while the conservatives were saying, "let us not move so fast"?

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