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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) Atlanta.
(b) Savannah.
(c) New York City.
(d) Birmingham.

2. How many steps does MLK say that a nonviolent campaign has?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

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

4. Which of Jesus's apostles does MLK liken himself to in his letter to the clergymen?
(a) Paul.
(b) John.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Matthew.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of acceptance does MLK say is more bewildering than outright rejection?

3. Who was the person during an interview of the Indian government's Prime Minister who asked, "But isn't that discrimination?" when the Prime Minister said that their schools were required to accept an untouchable over another person of high caste?

4. What city was the night-club comic performing in when he joked that if the demonstrators had been served, they wouldn't have been able to pay for their meals?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does MLK say about injustice that explains why he felt like he needed to be involved with the city of Birmingham to help the civil rights movement?

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

3. What were the two reasons that MLK accepted bond to come out of jail in the beginning of "Black and White Together"?

4. In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," who is the letter addressed to and why is it written?

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

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

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

8. What are the four basic steps in any nonviolent campaign that MLK mentions?

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

10. Why does MLK state that "we were all involved with" John F. Kennedy's death?

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