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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the head of the Nation of Islam in 1960?
(a) Louis Farrakhan.
(b) Malik Zulu Shabazz.
(c) Elijah Muhammad.
(d) Qubilah Shabazz.

2. Why did Dr. King submit his resignation as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) To devote himself full-time to the presidency of SCLC.
(b) To go on a worldwide self-realization pilgrimage.
(c) Because of problems with his congregation.
(d) To take care of his ailing grandmother.

3. When associated with the Civil Rights Movement, what did demonstrators consider their arrests?
(a) Badges.
(b) Marks of honor.
(c) Unnecessary retaliation.
(d) Proof of commitment.

4. Where did Dr. King attend college during his undergraduate studies?
(a) Birmingham-Southern College.
(b) Rollins College.
(c) Rhodes College.
(d) Morehouse College.

5. What date did the Montgomery buses become integrated?
(a) October 21, 1956.
(b) October 21, 1957.
(c) December 21, 1956.
(d) December 21, 1957.

6. What Illinois city approved a plan that prevented the erection of an interracial housing development on December 21, 1959?
(a) Hamilton.
(b) Du Quoin.
(c) Chester.
(d) Deerfield.

7. What famous black child psychologist embraced the liberal idea that where there is no equal opportunity to succeed there can be no social equality?
(a) Dr. Daniel N. Meyers.
(b) Dr. Joseph M. Dryers.
(c) Dr. Terrance P. Patrick.
(d) Dr. Kenneth B. Clark.

8. When did the African nation of Ghana acquire its independence from British rule?
(a) March 6, 1957.
(b) September 9, 1955.
(c) April 9, 1956.
(d) December 1, 1955.

9. What is the date noted at the beginning of Chapter 4, "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools"?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1959.

10. When did the Montgomery Bus boycott begin?
(a) October 1, 1955.
(b) December 5, 1955.
(c) December 1, 1965.
(d) October 1, 1965.

11. What major movement followed the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Sit-In Movement?
(a) Black Panther Movement.
(b) Freedom Ride.
(c) March on Washington.
(d) Freedom Summer.

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

13. Why was Dr. King in jail while writing the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?
(a) Eating with a white man at a "White Only" diner.
(b) Riding on an interstate bus with other activists.
(c) Participating in a conference for racial equality.
(d) Participating in civil rights demonstrations.

14. With whom from the NAACP did Dr. King argue regarding non-violent movement against racism?
(a) Michael Winds.
(b) Richard Kingston.
(c) Jonathon Sweenton.
(d) Robert Williams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were Dr. and Mrs. King guests of during their stay in India?

2. What are attempts to attack laws and customs that prohibited African Americans from eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians called?

3. According to Dr. King, during his first national address, why were inhabitants of the twentieth century privileged?

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

5. How old was Martin Luther King, Jr., when Gandhi was assassinated?

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