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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Black and White Together.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first requirement of a volunteer's pledge was to do what daily?
(a) Pray for the saving grace of God.
(b) Exercise and stay in shape.
(c) Meditate on the teachings and life of Jesus.
(d) Know the laws of the land and not break them.

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

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

4. What does MLK say the Gandhian principle is?
(a) "Never fight back."
(b) "Peace will win."
(c) "Fill up the jails."
(d) "Don't show your weakness."

5. What does MLK quote St. Augustine as saying about an unjust law?
(a) That "an unjust law is no law at all."
(b) That "an unjust law should only follow by those who make it."
(c) That "an unjust law should be followed by law even if we don't like it."
(d) That "an unjust law is still a law."

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days had MLK and Ralph Abernathy been in jail when they accepted bond to come out?

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

3. How did some of the spectators of the nonviolence acts react when they saw police brutality?

4. What was the name of the assistant deputy attorney general that the Attorney General dispatched on May 4th?

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

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