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

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

3. MLK describes hate-filled youth that murdered a Negro boy while he was out doing what?
(a) Eating an ice cream cone.
(b) Playing kickball with some friends.
(c) Kicking a can around the neighborhood.
(d) Riding his bicycle.

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

5. What is the dream that came true for MLK that he mentions at the end of "Black and White Together"?
(a) The city of Birmingham wanted to take down their Jim Crow signs.
(b) Bull Connor discovered that he had been overreacting about the Negro community.
(c) That Bull Connor resigned peacefully from office.
(d) The city of Birmingham discovered a conscience.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. MLK states that the Revolution is genuine because it was born from the same womb that always gives birth to massive social upheavals. The womb of intolerable conditions and unendurable what?

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. When the police ran out of paddy wagons to bring people in to the jail, what other two vehicles did they end up using to transport people?

5. What does MLK consider one significant element of the March on Washington?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When the campaign had sent out a request for volunteers, what did the six tiny youngsters ask Andy Young, and what did they do to help the movement?

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

5. What does MLK say is the difference between just laws and unjust laws?

6. What did MLK wonder about the media writers when they accused the campaign officials of "using" their children "in this fashion"?

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

8. What significant change in employment patterns does MLK talk about taking shape?

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

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

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