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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. MLK proposes in "The Days To Come" that just like the GI Bill of Rights was awarded to war veterans, then what should be awarded to "our veterans of the long siege of denial"?
(a) A Bill of Rights for the Destitute.
(b) A Bill of Rights for the Underprivileged.
(c) A Bill of Rights for the Negro.
(d) A Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged.

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?
(a) The Wagner Act.
(b) The National Anthem.
(c) The Bill of Rights.
(d) The Constitution.

3. In his letter, MLK states that he has heard the word "Wait!" for years and that this word "Wait!" has always meant what?
(a) "Stop."
(b) "Never."
(c) "Someday."
(d) "Evil."

4. How many affiliated organizations across the South does the Southern Christian Leadership Conference have?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Eighty-five.
(d) Eighty.

5. MLK states that the segregationists introduced a new and barbarous weapon on the Negros. What was this weapon?
(a) The shot gun.
(b) Barbed wire.
(c) The electric cattle prod.
(d) The pocket knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. MLK tells the clergymen in his letter that anyone who lives where can never be considered an outsider?"

2. According to MLK, what is the best way to defeat an army?

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

4. 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?

5. What does MLK say the Gandhian principle is?

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