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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trumpet of Conscience (Book).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. King also pointed out that those who had said "_________" to desegregation were not admitting to "later."
(a) Sure.
(b) Over their dead bodies.
(c) Never.
(d) Always.

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

3. The greatest difficulty that African American leaders faced was that they did not want to be equated with the white ___________ that used boycotts to hurt others.
(a) Citizen committees.
(b) Leaders.
(c) Supremacists.
(d) Governments.

4. Dissenters and protesters need work toward the health of the _________ of America.
(a) Government.
(b) Future.
(c) Legal system.
(d) Soul.

5. American ___________ gained a hope that they would be able to break the bonds of Jim Crow Laws.
(a) Families.
(b) Grandparents.
(c) Children.
(d) Students.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. King said that this time was momentous, that a new ____________ was being born during a time which was filled with hope.

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

3. A final element in the new sense of dignity for the people was the knowledge that there was a _______________ struggle for freedom and equity.

4. The Vietnam War, Dr. King believed, took away effort and money from the war on ___________.

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

(see the answer key)

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