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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. What does the "C" stand for in the term, "Project C"?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Confrontation.
(c) Compliance.
(d) Celebration.

2. What was the next stage of the "crusade" that began on April 6th?
(a) A march on City Hall.
(b) A march on the city jail.
(c) A march on the city merchants.
(d) A march on the city leader's homes.

3. What was every volunteer in Birmingham required to sign?
(a) A Peace Letter.
(b) A Pledge to March.
(c) A Letter of Intent.
(d) A Commitment Card.

4. Who was MLK's executive assistant?
(a) Wyatt Tee Walker.
(b) Fred Shuttlesworth.
(c) Tom King.
(d) Albert Boutwell.

5. When the city of Birmingham lost a case and had to open public-recreation to all its citizens, what did the authorities do?
(a) Still left signs up that said, "no colored allowed."
(b) Closed down the parks.
(c) Rioted in the streets.
(d) Appealed to the courts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality"?

2. What did Wyatt Walker confer with lawyers about?

3. When the crusade started marching from Zion Hill church, how far were they permitted to march?

4. What book was MLK autographing copies of in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963?"

5. When Negros went to work they would eat in separate places and use what things labeled "colored"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the second section of Bull Connor's Birmingham, what does MLK state that the one threat to the reign of white supremacy in Birmingham was?

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

3. What kind of doctrine did the Negro ministers preach to their congregations about the fight for racial justice?

4. What were the invitational periods at the mass meetings for?

5. What would happen if a volunteer did not pass the strict test for service as a demonstrator?

6. What are some of the words that John F. Kennedy uttered on June 11th, 1963?

7. What did people have to do after they volunteered and walked up front to shake hands with the leaders of the campaign?

8. What happened to MLK while he was was at a Harlem department store signing copies of one of his books?

9. Which two revolutions in history does MLK liken the civil turmoil and violence of the Negro's "battle" to?

10. Why was the Negro's economic problem compounded by the emergence and growth of automation?

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