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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I See the Promised Land | Letter from Birmingham CityJail.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. King believed that unselfishly giving of themselves would help to develop a powerful ___________.
(a) Government.
(b) Family.
(c) Schooling system.
(d) Nation.

2. The white power structure perpetuated the __________ that African Americans were moving too fast.
(a) Speech.
(b) Law.
(c) Myth.
(d) Argument.

3. Token _________ are not satisfactory ends, according to Dr. King and to his writing and his speeches.
(a) Martyrs.
(b) Beginnings.
(c) Truths.
(d) Beliefs.

4. America was fortunate, Dr. King said, that the strength of African American protesters was tempered by a sense of _____________.
(a) Violence.
(b) Witness.
(c) Truth.
(d) Responsibility.

5. One extreme of the movement was to use Black Power to overthrow the ________________ and the whites.
(a) Churches.
(b) Nonviolent protesters.
(c) Banks.
(d) Government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Even in their poverty, the ___________ of the United States had greater economic power strength than most countries of the world.

2. The greatest moral dilemma was that in order to remain true to the gospel of Jesus, ministers needed to take a stand against __________.

3. Southern __________ continued to fight against the civil rights measures and bills being put before them.

4. Dr. King asked people around him to pray for peace and justice in the world as the Civil Rights movement was a __________ movement as well.

5. Where were the African Americans allowed to sit when they took a bus to get somewhere?

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