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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Shades of Politics,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does King's speech stress the importance of?
(a) Equality
(b) Non-violence
(c) Justice and love
(d) Patience

2. Where do students march to in Nashville?
(a) The city hall
(b) The main bus depot
(c) The main train station
(d) The city clock

3. What driving offense do the police arrest King for?
(a) Worn out windshield wipers
(b) Worn out tires
(c) Speeding
(d) Traffic violation

4. Why is the girl unsuitable for public scrutiny?
(a) She is pregnant
(b) The KKK are threatening her
(c) She is too young
(d) She is mentally disturbed

5. Whose philosophy does Harris Wofford follow?
(a) Kafka
(b) Nietzsche
(c) Gandhi
(d) Marx

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the black driver do when a black girl refuses to give up her seat for a white person?

2. How did taxi drivers try to help out the Negroes boycotting the buses?

3. Who is the Democratic candidate in the 1960 presidential election?

4. What does King offer to Wyatt Tee Walker?

5. What do organizers call the march on Washington?

(see the answer key)

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