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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. All the country suffers, according to Dr. King, from the power of the _____________ politicians.
(a) Distrustful.
(b) Southern.
(c) Honest.
(d) Northern.

2. What was NOT one of the ways that progress towards integration was fought?
(a) House bombings.
(b) Mobs.
(c) Mail bombs.
(d) Economic retaliation.

3. A final element in the new sense of dignity for the people was the knowledge that there was a _______________ struggle for freedom and equity.
(a) Worldwide.
(b) Historical.
(c) Government.
(d) Religious.

4. Where were the African Americans allowed to sit when they took a bus to get somewhere?
(a) Front.
(b) Hanging from the side.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Back.

5. The personal experiences of Dr. King allowed him to develop a faith and a belief in the reality of a personal __________.
(a) God.
(b) Code.
(c) Honor.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. ____________ is a means of resisting and one that requires followers to seek friendship and understanding of opponents.

2. One of the many wonders of the boycott and the nonviolent actions was the joining of many local __________ communities.

3. _____________ is a negative situation that only eliminates exclusion among people, according to Dr. King.

4. In spite of the extreme ___________ in the area, Dr. King found little evidence of abuse towards each other.

5. Dr. King asked people around him to pray for peace and justice in the world as the Civil Rights movement was a __________ movement as well.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the crisis in 1962 that allowed the problem of the Civil Rights movement to be less than dominant in society?

2. What did the finding of a personal God help Dr. King to do during his years fighting for Civil Rights?

3. When Dr. King was talking to a crowd integrated with both white and black youth, what did he say the generation would be known as?

4. What does Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. want to stress that nonviolence is NOT for?

5. What became a new tool in the battle for those unwilling to allow total freedom and justice for all?

6. What did Dr. King see in India, even with the extreme poverty in the area as he witnessed for himself?

7. According to Dr. King, who needed to actively participate in creating a nation where civil rights were a reality for all people?

8. What did Dr. King say happened when voting rights were opened to all groups of people?

9. What does Dr. King want people to use during the battle for freedom and for justice?

10. What is the danger of the strategy of violence as some African Americans might be inclined to do?

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