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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 12:"Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech," who was the great shaman of the Nation of Islam?
(a) Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
(b) Louis Farrakhan.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Elijah Muhammad.

2. Who began to question President Eisenhower's commitment to more troops in Vietnam?
(a) People of color.
(b) People in the military.
(c) People outside the United States.
(d) People of conscience.

3. What was the Nobel Peace Prize Committee looking for when they choose Dr. King as the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) The greatest apostle of peace.
(b) The only person brave enough to take a stand.
(c) The person responsible for the Freedom Movement.
(d) The only man to have single-handedly pushed equality in the right direction.

4. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what is the goal of a relationship with the government for African Americans?
(a) To stop the unnecessary deaths of African Americans.
(b) To chastise the government into helping them.
(c) Having the government see African Americans as inarguably equal.
(d) The government finding it unwise and prudent to collaborate with African Americans.

5. What was the ethnicity of the people who attended the anti-war demonstration that Dr. King led?
(a) Black and white.
(b) Black only.
(c) White only.
(d) Hispanic, black, and white.

6. What New York governor ordered the National Guard to restore order to Rochester after riots broke out on July 25, 1964?
(a) Nelson Rockefeller.
(b) W. Averell Harriman.
(c) Malcolm Wilson.
(d) Thomas E. Dewey.

7. According to Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here," what "spawned" the Cold War?
(a) Need for power.
(b) Mutual fear and hostility.
(c) Mild disagreements.
(d) Hatred.

8. What magazine did Dr. King's article from Chapter 17: "Black Power Defined" appear in?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) Time Magazine.
(c) New York Times Magazine.
(d) Harper's Review.

9. During the Cold War, what were civil rights activists accused of being?
(a) Loyalists.
(b) Communists.
(c) Unappreciative and un-American.
(d) Desperate.

10. What was the name of the 37-year-old NAACP field secretary murdered on his front porch on June 12, 1963?
(a) Robert Bagnall.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) William Pickens.
(d) Medgar Evans.

11. In 1964, what party was refused a seat by the Democratic National Convention?
(a) African American Republican Party.
(b) Democratic Party Representing Minorities of America.
(c) Whigs.
(d) Mississippi Freedom Party.

12. According to Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here," what did political leftists accuse Dr. King?
(a) Being too educated.
(b) Being too superior.
(c) Being too forward.
(d) Being too cautious.

13. According to the footnotes on Chapter 20: "I See the Promise Land," who is Judge Hooks?
(a) Reverend Dr. Benjamin Hooks.
(b) Reverend Thomas Hooks.
(c) Dr. Arthur Hooks.
(d) Dr. Terrance Hooks.

14. When did Dr. King deliver his last SCLC presidential address?
(a) December 5, 1967.
(b) October 28, 1975.
(c) August 16, 1967.
(d) January 1, 1970.

15. On what date was the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 signed?
(a) June 12.
(b) July 2.
(c) June 7.
(d) July 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Martin Luther King, Sr.'s, nickname?

2. What was the publication date from Dr. King's article from Chapter 17: "Black Power Defined"?

3. Who introduced Dr. King for his last and final sermon?

4. What was the name of the police chief who ordered his officers to turn hoses on demonstrators during the registration of black students at its state university?

5. What year was considered a momentous year in American history and in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

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