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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Sword That Heals," MLK mentions that Negroes had to face the fact that in the South they have to move without what?
(a) Words.
(b) Wanting.
(c) Allies.
(d) Light.

2. When Mahatma Gandhi and his followers had faced the guns of the British Empire in India with nonviolence how many people did they free from colonialism?
(a) More than three hundred and fifty million
(b) More than four hundred and fifty million.
(c) More than five hundred million.
(d) More than four hundred million.

3. Nonviolent "soldiers" burnished their greatest weapons which consisted of their heart, their conscience, their courage and what other thing?
(a) Their boldness.
(b) Their sense of justice.
(c) Their desire to be a whole nation.
(d) Their devotion to family.

4. In May of 1962, where was the board meeting of the S.C.L.C. held?
(a) New York City.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) Atlanta.

5. MLK states that their "army" would sing but not do what?
(a) Murmer.
(b) Strike.
(c) Sit.
(d) Slay.

6. MLK states that he and his group possessed the most formidable weapon of all. What was this weapon he spoke of?
(a) Unity.
(b) The conviction that we were right.
(c) No more acceptance of brutality.
(d) Non-violence.

7. 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 whip the world."
(c) "Let us go out and take a stand against those who have wronged us."
(d) "Let us go out and fight until death."

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

9. MLK states that a person would conclude that Birmingham had been in what type of slumber and had been trapped for decades?
(a) Continuous slumber.
(b) Winter slumber.
(c) Rip Van Winkle slumber.
(d) Restless slumber.

10. In the efforts of "Project C", what were the first targets?
(a) Lunch counters.
(b) Public parks.
(c) City hall.
(d) Merchants.

11. Who did Clarence Jones tell MLK had raised fifty thousand dollars for bail bonds?
(a) Arthur Shores.
(b) Harry Belafonte.
(c) Orzell Billingsley.
(d) Wyatt Walker.

12. What law does MLK say the Supreme Court retreated from it's own position by approving?
(a) The Negro Exclusion Law.
(b) The Integration Deliverance Law.
(c) The Pupil Placement Law.
(d) The Public School Law.

13. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to suffer how?
(a) Secretively.
(b) Mournfully.
(c) Silently.
(d) Easily.

14. When the crusade started marching from Zion Hill church, how far were they permitted to march?
(a) Six or seven blocks.
(b) Eight or nine blocks.
(c) Seven or eight blocks.
(d) Nine or ten blocks.

15. During the time of slavery, why would a Negro cook agree with their white owners instead of defending themselves?
(a) Because they wouldn't be able to live in the master's house.
(b) Because they would not get to see their family.
(c) Because they would lose their job.
(d) Because they would be sold to another owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," how many years have gone by when MLK states that humiliation cannot be expected to find "voice in a whisper"?

2. 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?

3. What did governor George Wallace pledge to have forever in his inauguration vow?

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

5. The first requirement of a volunteer's pledge was to do what daily?

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