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

2. During the time of slavery, Negroes were forbidden to associate with each other except in the case of what two things?
(a) Funerals and celebrations.
(b) Birthdays and weddings.
(c) Birthdays and funerals.
(d) Weddings and funerals.

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

4. 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?
(a) Fred Shuttlesworth.
(b) Edward Gardner.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Bull Conner.

5. In "The Sword That Heals," MLK states that the Negro turned his back on force because he knew he couldn't win through physical force, and he also believed he could lose what?
(a) His past and future.
(b) His soul.
(c) His place in society.
(d) His belongings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the actual competing candidates for the run-off vote?

2. What does the "C" stand for in the term, "Project C"?

3. By 1963, more than how many African nations had risen from colonial bondage?

4. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to suffer how?

5. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," what does MLK say the Negro had been deeply disappointed over?

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