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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bull Connor's Birmingham.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality"?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

2. As a first step of the meetings with the white Senior Citizens Committee, some of the merchants agreed to remove what?
(a) The Bull Conner signs from their stores.
(b) The jim-crow signs from their stores.
(c) The food and drinks that the Negro community didn't like.
(d) Signs with only white people on them.

3. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," MLK quotes a poet. Where does the poet say the blackness of nighttime collects?
(a) On the streets.
(b) On our love.
(c) In our hearts.
(d) In our mouth.

4. MLK states that a person would have come to a startling conclusion if they had visited Birmingham before what date?
(a) April 10th, 1963.
(b) April 2nd, 1963.
(c) April 4th, 1963.
(d) April 3rd, 1963.

5. MLK mentions that the nation could not have been more amazed if what type of machines had turned human and stalked the lands?
(a) Room-size.
(b) Skyscraper-size.
(c) House-size.
(d) Horse-size.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Sword That Heals," MLK mentions that Negroes had to face the fact that in the South they have to move without what?

3. Who is the person in Bull Connor's Birmingham that had been jailed several times and had had his home and church damaged by bombs?

4. In the days of slavery what does MLK say kept the Negro captive?

5. The results of the March 5th election showed that no candidate had a clear victory. The city had to hold a run-off vote when?

(see the answer key)

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