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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter from Birmingham Jail.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the city government obtained a court injunction to cease the activities of the "Negro army," what did MLK's group do?
(a) They appeared in court with all the volunteers following behind.
(b) They all sat on the courthouse steps.
(c) They disobeyed the court order.
(d) They sent a letter to city officials concerning their cause.

2. What was every volunteer in Birmingham required to sign?
(a) A Letter of Intent.
(b) A Pledge to March.
(c) A Commitment Card.
(d) A Peace Letter.

3. Who "ruled" Birmingham with terror and racist rule?
(a) George Wallace.
(b) Miles Anderson.
(c) Fred Shuttlesworth
(d) Bull Connor.

4. What did the city commissioners, including Bull Connor, refuse to do after the results of the run-off vote?
(a) Acknowledge the people that voted for them.
(b) Move out of their City Hall offices.
(c) Congratulate the winner.
(d) Embrace the newly elected Mayor.

5. When the Supreme Court modified its decision on school desegregation, what did it permit to corrupt its intent?
(a) Somebodiness.
(b) Tokenism.
(c) Outside leaders.
(d) Integration.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many steps does MLK say that a nonviolent campaign has?

2. What kind of pace does MLK say they are taking to gain a cup of coffee at a lunch counter?

3. Nonviolent "soldiers" burnished their greatest weapons which consisted of their heart, their conscience, their courage and what other thing?

4. What book was MLK autographing copies of in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963?"

5. In MLK's description of the "armies" that were marching in Birmingham, who does he say that doctors marched with?

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