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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. What does MLK say are the teachers for human beings?
(a) Time and action.
(b) Imagination and humbleness.
(c) Success and discovery.
(d) Defeat and social movement.

2. MLK suggests that the Negro had been brainwashed to accept what white man's theory?
(a) That he, as a Negro, was inferior.
(b) That the Negros weren't educated enough to know what they wanted.
(c) That the white man would rule this land forever.
(d) That the Negro community did not know how to survive without the white man.

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

4. When MLK decided to still march and asked Ralph Abernathy to join him. The group that was gathered in the Gaston Motel joined hands and began to sing what song?
(a) Climbing Jacob's Ladder.
(b) We Shall Overcome.
(c) Oh Freedom.
(d) Amazing Grace.

5. Who is the sightless singer that MLK mentions "held a commanding position in our ranks"?
(a) Willie Johnson.
(b) Mel Torme.
(c) Al Hibbler.
(d) Lemon Jefferson.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of April, the attitude of the national press had changed, and the coverage the campaign received was what?

2. In his letter, MLK states that he has heard the word "Wait!" for years and that this word "Wait!" has always meant what?

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

4. The merchants that were a part of the Senior Citizens Committee that met with the campaign leaders went back on their agreement. What was the rumor for the reason of what the merchants did?

5. At the closing days of the Birmingham campaign, Negro children would run up to policemen asking them what?

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