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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. How many cities are mentioned to be in civil turmoil in the beginning of "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963"?
(a) Almost one thousand five hundred.
(b) Almost two hundred.
(c) Almost three hundred and fifty.
(d) Almost one thousand.

2. Who was MLK's executive assistant?
(a) Tom King.
(b) Fred Shuttlesworth.
(c) Albert Boutwell.
(d) Wyatt Tee Walker.

3. The Negro Revolution is described as generating quietly just like what?
(a) Lightning.
(b) A river.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) An ocean wave.

4. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," how many years have gone by when MLK states that humiliation cannot be expected to find "voice in a whisper"?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) Two hundred fifty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Three hundred.

5. Who were the actual competing candidates for the run-off vote?
(a) Boutwell and Connor.
(b) Walker and King.
(c) Boutwell and King.
(d) Connor and King.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to MLK in "The Sword That Heals," a southern state police officer is rarely punished for what?

2. Who was the insurance broker that joined other Negro leaders that met with the white Senior Citizens Committee in Bull Connor's Birmingham?

3. During the time of slavery, Negroes were forbidden to associate with each other except in the case of what two things?

4. In "The Sword That Heals," what does MLK mention was no longer a disgrace, but a badge of honor?

5. There was a visiting statesman that waved his hand and stated that he was "aware of current events. I know everything you are telling me about what the white man is doing to the Negro." Where was this statesman from?

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