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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Days To Come," MLK talks about Negros knowing political assassination well and that it was a common place thing to witness or hear about. What was the name of the person who was shot to death on the steps of a rural courthouse?
(a) Kenneth Jacobs.
(b) William Moore.
(c) George Lee.
(d) Medgar Evers.

2. MLK states that white people don't understand that it is no more possible to be half free than what?
(a) Happy with nothing.
(b) Exuberant because of loss.
(c) Half dead.
(d) Half alive.

3. When MLK talks of the good will withering he tells of the City Council refusing to do what?
(a) Acknowledge Negro leadership.
(b) Appoint Negro policemen.
(c) Willingly accepting the Negro's cries for help.
(d) Abandon prejudice thoughts.

4. MLK states that the "summer of our discontent" brought white citizens closer into harmony with their Negro citizens instead of what?
(a) Confusing the white citizens about what the Negro citizens want.
(b) Pushing them together in a rage.
(c) Driving them further apart from their fellow Negro citizens.
(d) Alienating America's white citizens.

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

6. Who was the N.A.A.C.P. secretary that the segregationists showed their hatred by assassinating?
(a) Roger Blough.
(b) Roy Wilkins.
(c) Medgar Evers.
(d) Whitney Young, Jr.

7. MLK states that the segregationists introduced a new and barbarous weapon on the Negros. What was this weapon?
(a) The pocket knife.
(b) The electric cattle prod.
(c) Barbed wire.
(d) The shot gun.

8. In "The Summer of Our Discontent," MLK states that our nation was born how?
(a) In genocide.
(b) In acceptance.
(c) In violence.
(d) In anger.

9. MLK states that the Revolution is genuine because it was born from the same womb that always gives birth to massive social upheavals. The womb of intolerable conditions and unendurable what?
(a) Places.
(b) Sights.
(c) Challenges.
(d) Situations.

10. What does MLK state the moderates were doing for the Negro instead of asking him to stay in his "old ghetto"?
(a) They were ready to hold their hands and help them find a new life.
(b) They were ready to build a new ghetto for him.
(c) They were ready to have them move into society with them.
(d) They were ready to send them to another country.

11. As one of the first victims of the poison gas pellet, a young Negro started to say, "Save me" to who?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Joe Louis.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) God.

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

13. Where were the after school meetings to be held that students were invited to attend?
(a) At the Gaston motel.
(b) At lunch counters.
(c) In parks.
(d) At churches.

14. What does MLK state in his letter is the basic reason that he is in Birmingham?
(a) Because he could get a lot of exposure if he came to Birmingham.
(b) Because someone asked him to come.
(c) Because his wife wanted him to go.
(d) Because there is injustice in Birmingham.

15. MLK states that when anyone would speak with President Eisenhower about racial justice they would come away with what?
(a) Mixed emotions.
(b) A feeling of power.
(c) Postive outlook on the future of the nation.
(d) Gratitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose descendants showed up with banners saying, "Order Before Justice"?

2. What is the dream that came true for MLK that he mentions at the end of "Black and White Together"?

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 writes a letter to his fellow clergymen, he tells them that he heard they have called his activities what?

5. What kind of acceptance does MLK say is more bewildering than outright rejection?

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