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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does NUL stand for?
(a) National Uniform League.
(b) Necessary Under Law.
(c) Ninth Unity League.
(d) National Urban League.

2. According to Dr. King, during his first national address, why were inhabitants of the twentieth century privileged?
(a) Because they lived in "one of the momentous periods of human history."
(b) Because they were "living by the greatest sets of rules ever."
(c) Because they were "not scared any longer."
(d) Because they were "making dramatic changes in the face of opposition."

3. From whom did Dr. King say he learned about nonviolent resistance?
(a) Clarence Mitchell, Jr.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Reverend Theodore J. Jemison.
(d) Martin Luther King, Sr.

4. Who was the first black student to graduate from the high school in Arkansas on May 27, 1958?
(a) Charles K. Steele.
(b) Ernest Green.
(c) Fred Shuttlesworth.
(d) Stokeley Carmichael.

5. What did the civil rights bill, signed on September 9, 1957, establish?
(a) Anti-Racial Commission.
(b) Self-Determination for Activists Commission.
(c) U.S. Civil Rights Commission.
(d) Equality for All Commission.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date notated at the beginning of Chapter 3, "The Power of Nonviolence"?

2. What president announced the use of federal troops to escort nine children to high school in Arkansas?

3. What month did Dr. King address the First Annual Institute on Non-Violence and Social Change?

4. What did white racists bomb on September, 9 1957?

5. When did the President remove the National Guard troops from the high school in Arkansas?

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