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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. After MLK was stabbed in the department store, what hospital was he rushed to?
(a) North General Hospital.
(b) Harlem Hospital.
(c) South End Hospital.
(d) New York Presbyterian Hospital.

2. Nonviolent "soldiers" burnished their greatest weapons which consisted of their heart, their conscience, their courage and what other thing?
(a) Their devotion to family.
(b) Their boldness.
(c) Their sense of justice.
(d) Their desire to be a whole nation.

3. When the Supreme Court modified its decision on school desegregation, what did it permit to corrupt its intent?
(a) Integration.
(b) Somebodiness.
(c) Tokenism.
(d) Outside leaders.

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 whip the world."
(b) "Let us go out and stand tall in front of the white man."
(c) "Let us go out and fight until death."
(d) "Let us go out and take a stand against those who have wronged us."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does MLK describe as the ultimate tragedy of Birmingham?

2. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch's daughter aids him in dispersing a mob by doing what?

3. According to MLK in "The Sword That Heals," a southern state police officer is rarely punished for what?

4. Who was the insurance broker that joined other Negro leaders that met with the white Senior Citizens Committee in Bull Connor's Birmingham?

5. What did the caption read on the front page of the Birmingham News that celebrated mayoral victory?

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