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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does MLK state is the answer to the most desperate need of all humanity?
(a) Unity.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Nonviolence.
(d) Action.

4. What city was the night-club comic performing in when he joked that if the demonstrators had been served, they wouldn't have been able to pay for their meals?
(a) Columbia, South Carolina.
(b) Greensboro, North Carolina.
(c) Savannah, Georgia.
(d) Nashville, Tennessee.

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

6. MLK talks of people wondering "what the Negro will expect as he gains rights" and he likens the Negro people demanding more to what person?
(a) Orphan Annie.
(b) Andrew Tithsman.
(c) Oliver Twist.
(d) Mowgli.

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

8. Who was the prominent lawyer that had to leave the state after he delivered a speech after the Sunday school bombing?
(a) John Lewis.
(b) Roy Wilkins.
(c) James Farmer.
(d) Charles Morgan.

9. By the end of April, the attitude of the national press had changed, and the coverage the campaign received was what?
(a) Bewildering.
(b) Encouraging.
(c) Positive.
(d) Sympathetic.

10. When several hundred Birmingham Negros decided to hold a prayer meeting near the city jail where did they meet?
(a) New Zion Church.
(b) Birmingham City Hall.
(c) The Birmingham train station.
(d) New Pilgrim Baptist Church.

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

12. In Letter from Birmingham Jail, what word does MLK confess he is not afraid of?
(a) Violence.
(b) Adversary.
(c) Hate.
(d) Tension.

13. 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.

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

15. MLK describes having to tell his six-year-old daughter something with stammered speech. What is it he's talking about having to tell "your" six-year-old daughter?
(a) That she can't go to a public park.
(b) That she can't drink from a normal water fountain.
(c) Why white people beat the Negro people.
(d) That she can't eat at a regular lunch counter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is defined as a movement that changes both people and institutions?

2. 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?

3. MLK states that when anyone would speak with President Eisenhower about racial justice they would come away with what?

4. What does MLK quote St. Augustine as saying about an unjust law?

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

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