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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the assailant ask Dr. King right before his assault on September 20, 1958?
(a) "Are you responsible for all this civil rights nonsense?"
(b) "Is this your book?"
(c) "Are you Martin Luther King?"
(d) "Are you crazy?"

2. What two organizations invited Dr. King to speak at the University of California at Berkeley on June 4, 1957?
(a) MIA.
(b) NAACP.
(c) NUL.
(d) YMCA and YWCA.

3. How long did it take for Dr. King's address to students at Berkeley (1957) to be published?
(a) One month.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) One week.

4. Who was the cause of Dr. King's injury on September 20, 1958?
(a) A white man.
(b) A white woman.
(c) A black woman.
(d) A black man.

5. When was the historic Brown vs. Topeka, Kansas Board of Education Supreme Court decision handed down?
(a) March 17, 1957.
(b) April 1, 1955.
(c) May 17, 1954.
(d) December 1, 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does NUL stand for?

2. What month did Dr. King address the First Annual Institute on Non-Violence and Social Change?

3. What did white racists bomb on September, 9 1957?

4. Who was the first president of the Montgomery Improvement Association?

5. What is the date notated at the beginning of Chapter 3, "The Power of Nonviolence"?

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