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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. Where are the headquarters of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference located?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) New York City.
(d) Savannah.

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

3. MLK states that he has yet to engage in a direct-action campaign that was what?
(a) Not needed.
(b) Effective.
(c) Well timed.
(d) Easy to endure.

4. What does MLK state that the American Negroes said after they "shook off three hundred years of psychological slavery"?
(a) "We can make ourselves free."
(b) "We shall overcome."
(c) "We are in the right position to win."
(d) "We are human beings too and deserve the chance for change."

5. In the beginning of "The Summer of Our Discontent," what famous person does MLK mention came to join the ranks of people?
(a) Floyd Patterson.
(b) Joe Louis.
(c) Muhammad Ali.
(d) Charles Carroll.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose descendants showed up with banners saying, "Order Before Justice"?

3. MLK states that white people don't understand that it is no more possible to be half free than what?

4. MLK describes hate-filled youth that murdered a Negro boy while he was out doing what?

5. MLK speaks about living in a society where the supreme law is rendered inoperative in vast areas of the nation. What is this supreme law that MLK speaks about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does MLK mention in "The Days to Come" that would immediately transform the conditions of Negro life?

2. How many people were involved with the March on Washington, and what kind of people were involved?

3. How does MLK describe the "two" John Kennedys that he knew?

4. What does MLK state that the American Negro knows through painful experience?

5. What did approximately 125 business leaders see when they left for lunch during the May 7th Senior Citizens Committee meeting?

6. What is the relevant question that MLK mentions that must be asked to atone for the injustices the Negro has faced in the past?

7. In what case does MLK mention that it wouldn't profit a Negro parent to send his or her child to an integrated school?

8. How does MLK answer the questions of the clergymen of "Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches and so forth? Aren't negotiations better?"

9. What did MLK and the S.C.L.C. officers want to do to bring a new dynamic to the campaign that would receive criticism?

10. When MLK is discussing the difference between a revolt and a revolution, what does he state a revolt is?

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