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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Showdown for Nonviolence | Our Struggle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Dr. King think was goading some of the African Americans into committing acts of violence?
(a) Pastors.
(b) White students.
(c) Police.
(d) Government officials.

2. In what city was the bus strike during the time of Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement?
(a) Boston.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Selma.

3. Dr. King never talked about the bad things that happened to him as he wanted to avoid a _________ complex.
(a) God-like.
(b) Prophet.
(c) Painful.
(d) Martyr.

4. Dr. King remembers working with a group of gang members from the ___________ ghettos.
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Boston.
(d) Birmingham.

5. Nonviolence seeks to win the friendship and the understanding of the __________, not his humiliation or defeat.
(a) Devil.
(b) President.
(c) Black man.
(d) Opponent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. King wants his followers to only use the weapon of _________ as they battle for their basic rights.

2. The whites of the __________ forgot they had developed a social caste system and culture, even believing the lie.

3. What is NOT one of the ways in which oppression is responded to, according to Dr. King?

4. In the beginning, protesters saw their actions as an expression of ___________ love.

5. Discrimination, according to Dr. King, thrives on a belief of ________________, which led to segregation.

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