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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many movements does Jesse Jackson's "Freedom Symphony" need to have?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

2. Which of Jesus's apostles does MLK liken himself to in his letter to the clergymen?
(a) Matthew.
(b) John.
(c) Paul.
(d) Thomas.

3. What is the name of the person whose doctrine is "no man is an island"?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Canon John Donne.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) Bull Connor.

4. In 1963, MLK states that the Negro dared to do what for the first time?
(a) Take their children on a march.
(b) Stand up for injustice.
(c) Look back at a white man, eye to eye.
(d) Talk back to a white man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. MLK states that the Negro knows when he goes to jail it not only means confinement, but what else does it mean?

2. MLK and his groups decided to limit the first few days' efforts of the campaign to what?

3. MLK talks about one of the most poignant replies to a question. It came from a girl who was not more than eight that answered a police officer's question of "what do you want?" with what reply?

4. When MLK talks of the good will withering he tells of the City Council refusing to do what?

5. In Jesse Jackson's afterward to the book he talks about seeing an African-American boy where?

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