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Quiz for Document 28–2: Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 1963

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Why did King want to spark a crisis through organized nonviolent direct action?

King believed that a crisis would bring about change without the need for negotiations.

King believed that by provoking a crisis, he could then turn away from nonviolent action toward violence under the guise of self-defense.

King understood that the only way to get southern whites to act with hostility was through aggressive provocation.

King explained that the only way there would ever be negotiations on civil rights was if the crisis was inescapable.

2. How did King define unjust laws?

Unjust laws did not apply equally to all people.

Unjust laws were immoral.

Unjust laws had not been approved by the public.

Unjust laws had been declared unconstitutional.

3. Why did King think that white moderates were hindering the civil rights movement?

White moderates were actually segregationists at heart.

White moderates were preventing federal intervention.

White moderates urged black activists to have more patience.

White moderates were complicit in racial violence.

4. According to King, who were the “real heroes” of the South?

Police officers

White liberals

Religious leaders

Civil rights activists