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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. In May of 1962, where was the board meeting of the S.C.L.C. held?
(a) New York City.
(b) Chattanooga.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Atlanta.

2. When Mahatma Gandhi and his followers had faced the guns of the British Empire in India with nonviolence how many people did they free from colonialism?
(a) More than four hundred million.
(b) More than four hundred and fifty million.
(c) More than three hundred and fifty million
(d) More than five hundred million.

3. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to wait how?
(a) Patiently.
(b) Without question.
(c) Willingly.
(d) Nervously.

4. What does MLK say are the teachers for human beings?
(a) Defeat and social movement.
(b) Time and action.
(c) Success and discovery.
(d) Imagination and humbleness.

5. MLK states that "Undeniably, the Negro had been an object of sympathy and wore" what type of scars?
(a) Scars of terrible skeletons in the closet.
(b) Scars of a failed past.
(c) Scars of a remorseful upbringing.
(d) Scars of deep grievances.

Short Answer Questions

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

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 sightless singer that MLK mentions "held a commanding position in our ranks"?

4. When the Supreme Court modified its decision on school desegregation, what did it permit to corrupt its intent?

5. What room number in the Gaston Motel did the planning committees meet in?

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