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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Sword That Heals," MLK mentions that Negroes had to face the fact that in the South they have to move without what?
(a) Allies.
(b) Light.
(c) Wanting.
(d) Words.

2. In "The Sword That Heals," MLK states that the Negro turned his back on force because he knew he couldn't win through physical force, and he also believed he could lose what?
(a) His place in society.
(b) His belongings.
(c) His past and future.
(d) His soul.

3. What does MLK describe as the ultimate tragedy of Birmingham?
(a) The sinfulness of the bad people.
(b) The brutality of the bad people.
(c) The fear of the good people.
(d) The silence of the good people.

4. In 1963, who was the Vice President of the United States?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Gerald Ford.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Hubert Humphrey.

5. What does MLK talk about in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963" that celebrates it's 100th birthday in 1963?
(a) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) National Currency Act.
(c) The Homestead Act.
(d) Thanksgiving.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the insurance broker that joined other Negro leaders that met with the white Senior Citizens Committee in Bull Connor's Birmingham?

2. What room number in the Gaston Motel did the planning committees meet in?

3. In 1963, MLK states that the Negro dared to do what for the first time?

4. The Vice President of the United States is quoted saying," Emancipation was a Proclamation but" is not what?

5. What does the "C" stand for in the term, "Project C"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does MLK mean when he states that the Negro knew what going to jail meant?

2. In 1962, what did some of the students from Miles College and leaders of A.C.H.R. do together in Birmingham, and what were the results?

3. With the number of volunteers increasing after the boycott of Birmingham businesses, what other campaigns were the demonstrators able to accomplish?

4. What are some of the questions that the girl and boy ask themselves?

5. For years, why did the white segregationists say that the Negro was "satisfied"?

6. What two concentric circles of segregation does MLK state that Negros live in?

7. What did Marcus Garvey propose to the Negro race, and why was his plan doomed according to MLK?

8. What is the new phenomenon that MLK mentions white men would gasp at?

9. What happened to the United States senator who was visiting Birmingham to deliver a speech and walked through a door marked "Colored"?

10. What happened soon after the Supreme Court had handed down a decree calling for desegregation of schools that discouraged MLK?

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