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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Days to Come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does MLK see as the great stumbling block that the Negros face?
(a) Bull Connor.
(b) The White Citizen's Counciler.
(c) The white moderate.
(d) The Ku Klux Klanner.

2. What does MLK say the extremists were saying while the conservatives were saying, "let us not move so fast"?
(a) "Let us go out and stand tall in front of the white man."
(b) "Let us go out and fight until death."
(c) "Let us go out and whip the world."
(d) "Let us go out and take a stand against those who have wronged us."

3. Who is the sightless singer that MLK mentions "held a commanding position in our ranks"?
(a) Willie Johnson.
(b) Al Hibbler.
(c) Lemon Jefferson.
(d) Mel Torme.

4. In MLK's description of the "armies" that were marching in Birmingham, who does he say that doctors marched with?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Nurses.
(c) Window cleaners.
(d) Custodians.

5. 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) Embrace the newly elected Mayor.
(c) Move out of their City Hall offices.
(d) Congratulate the winner.

Short Answer Questions

1. MLK talks about one of the most poignant replies to a question. It came from a girl who was not more than eight that answered a police officer's question of "what do you want?" with what reply?

2. MLK mentions a white businessman who asks if he's "just imagining it" or what?

3. During the time of slavery, why would a Negro cook agree with their white owners instead of defending themselves?

4. When MLK talks of the good will withering he tells of the City Council refusing to do what?

5. When MLK writes a letter to his fellow clergymen, he tells them that he heard they have called his activities what?

(see the answer key)

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