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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 the commitment to nonviolence would prevent an increase of ___________ in society.
(a) Movement.
(b) Peace.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Gossip.

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

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

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

5. ___________ not only harms one physically, but it injures one spiritually, according to Dr. King.
(a) Integration.
(b) Desegregation.
(c) Pain.
(d) Segregation.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Economic power was available, according to Dr. King, to those who _____________ in this time of the world.

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

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

5. The nonviolent actions were intended to bring attention to the ______________ affecting the African American population.

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