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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 states that it wasn't until when that the Army began to understand that the white man in uniform must respect a black man in uniform?
(a) The March on Washington.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

2. Who said, "Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God"?
(a) Martin Luther.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Paul.

3. Whose descendants showed up with banners saying, "Order Before Justice"?
(a) Victor Hugo.
(b) Sidney Lanier.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) Anton Chekhov.

4. When MLK appeared on the show, "Meet the Press," who appeared on the show with him?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) His wife.
(c) Roy Wilkins.
(d) Bull Connor.

5. How many affiliated organizations across the South does the Southern Christian Leadership Conference have?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Eighty-five.

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

7. 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?
(a) "F'eedom."
(b) "To be like you."
(c) "The same as you."
(d) "A house."

8. MLK proposes in "The Days To Come" that just like the GI Bill of Rights was awarded to war veterans, then what should be awarded to "our veterans of the long siege of denial"?
(a) A Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged.
(b) A Bill of Rights for the Negro.
(c) A Bill of Rights for the Underprivileged.
(d) A Bill of Rights for the Destitute.

9. When MLK writes a letter to his fellow clergymen, he tells them that he heard they have called his activities what?
(a) Selfish and Ugly.
(b) Desirable and praiseworthy.
(c) Honorable and wise.
(d) Unwise and untimely.

10. 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 should only follow by those who make it."
(c) That "an unjust law is no law at all."
(d) That "an unjust law is still a law."

11. What does MLK consider one significant element of the March on Washington?
(a) That it was done in the nation's capital.
(b) That it joined together any race that had felt sorrow at one point or another.
(c) That it was a congregation of non-violent people.
(d) That the white churches participated.

12. MLK mentions a white businessman who asks if he's "just imagining it" or what?
(a) Or are Negroes "following a planned path to freedom?"
(b) Or are Negroes "really sure they are our equals?"
(c) Or are Negroes "walking a little straighter these days?"
(d) Or are Negroes "willing to fight until the death?"

13. MLK states that throughout their campaign they had been seeking to establish dialogue with the city leaders to negotiate how many major issues?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

14. MLK discusses the fact that the Negro knows he is right in pursuing his rights in unity of the movement and quotes someone as saying, "When you are right, you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too" what?
(a) Daring.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Agreeable.
(d) Forthright.

15. MLK states that "academic freedom is a reality today" because who practiced civil disobedience?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Archelaus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the police ran out of paddy wagons to bring people in to the jail, what other two vehicles did they end up using to transport people?

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

3. What does MLK state the moderates were doing for the Negro instead of asking him to stay in his "old ghetto"?

4. A day was set as "D" day, when students would go to jail in historical numbers. What day was "D" day?

5. President Kennedy once said something to MLK in the White House about not being too harsh on the judgment of someone. Who was the person that President Kennedy was speaking about?

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