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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through New Day in Birmingham.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does MLK describe as the ultimate tragedy of Birmingham?
(a) The fear of the good people.
(b) The sinfulness of the bad people.
(c) The silence of the good people.
(d) The brutality of the bad people.

2. What book was MLK autographing copies of in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963?"
(a) By My Words.
(b) A Testament of Hope.
(c) Stride Toward Freedom.
(d) I Have A Dream.

3. During the time of slavery, for what purpose were young Negro girls sold and used?
(a) As maids.
(b) As cooks.
(c) As wives.
(d) As breeders.

4. What was one of the most important parts of the mass meetings according to MLK?
(a) The recognition of leaders.
(b) The education of the volunteers.
(c) The freedom songs.
(d) The togetherness of the Negro community.

5. In the beginning of the book, MLK states that the chill and frost were replaced by what type of spring?
(a) Placid.
(b) Warm.
(c) Exuberant..
(d) Lazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the closing days of the Birmingham campaign, Negro children would run up to policemen asking them what?

2. What did the city commissioners, including Bull Connor, refuse to do after the results of the run-off vote?

3. MLK states that a person would conclude that Birmingham had been in what type of slumber and had been trapped for decades?

4. MLK states that the Negro knows when he goes to jail it not only means confinement, but what else does it mean?

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

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