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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. One of Thomas Jefferson's servants worked for some forty years to earn ten thousand dollars. How many people was she able to obtain liberation for?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eleven.

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

3. When MLK writes a letter to his fellow clergymen, he tells them that he heard they have called his activities what?
(a) Unwise and untimely.
(b) Honorable and wise.
(c) Desirable and praiseworthy.
(d) Selfish and Ugly.

4. What did the caption read on the front page of the Birmingham News that celebrated mayoral victory?
(a) "New Day Dawns for Birmingham."
(b) "Our Hope is Here in Birmingham."
(c) "Bull Connor Revisits Birmingham."
(d) "Mayor for Birmingham is Elected."

5. After the President of the United States told the nation he would not allow extremists to sabotage a fair and just pact, how many federal troops did he order into Birmingham?
(a) Two thousand.
(b) Three thousand five hundred.
(c) Three thousand.
(d) Two thousand five hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. The merchants that were a part of the Senior Citizens Committee that met with the campaign leaders went back on their agreement. What was the rumor for the reason of what the merchants did?

2. MLK speaks about living in a society where the supreme law is rendered inoperative in vast areas of the nation. What is this supreme law that MLK speaks about?

3. President Kennedy once said something to MLK in the White House about not being too harsh on the judgment of someone. Who was the person that President Kennedy was speaking about?

4. In the beginning of "The Summer of Our Discontent," what famous person does MLK mention came to join the ranks of people?

5. How many cities are mentioned to be in civil turmoil in the beginning of "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963"?

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