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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) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) The March on Washington.

2. In his letter, MLK states that he has heard the word "Wait!" for years and that this word "Wait!" has always meant what?
(a) "Never."
(b) "Evil."
(c) "Stop."
(d) "Someday."

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

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

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

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

7. 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) George Lee.
(c) Medgar Evers.
(d) William Moore.

8. What day did the newspapers show pictures of woman on the ground with policemen bending over them with raised clubs and children being faced by dogs?
(a) May 4th.
(b) May 3rd.
(c) May 5th.
(d) May 2nd.

9. What does MLK say the Gandhian principle is?
(a) "Peace will win."
(b) "Never fight back."
(c) "Don't show your weakness."
(d) "Fill up the jails."

10. MLK talks about the fact that different organizations getting together for the unity of the movement is a remarkable feature of importance. He states that unity has never meant what?
(a) Peace.
(b) Agreement.
(c) Uniformity.
(d) Tolerance.

11. How many days had MLK and Ralph Abernathy been in jail when they accepted bond to come out?
(a) Eight.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Nine.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does MLK see as the great stumbling block that the Negros face?

2. When the young Negro started to ask someone to save him in the room filling with poisonous gas, why does MLK state that that person would care if the young Negro died?

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. 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?

5. MLK tells the clergymen in his letter that anyone who lives where can never be considered an outsider?"

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