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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. In what magazine did Dr. King's famous series "How My Mind Has Changed" appear?
(a) Christian Century.
(b) Relevant.
(c) CCM.
(d) Guideposts.

2. Where did Dr. King move days after his thirty-first birthday?
(a) Newnan, Georgia.
(b) Knoxville, Tennessee.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) Mobile, Alabama.

3. From whom did Dr. King say he learned about nonviolent resistance?
(a) Martin Luther King, Sr.
(b) Clarence Mitchell, Jr.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Reverend Theodore J. Jemison.

4. What did Dr. King plead with Americans not to default upon during his "I Have A Dream" speech?
(a) Promise to move forward with equality.
(b) Indebtedness to the spirit and principle of democracy.
(c) Promise to form a better nation.
(d) Completeness of pride and honor towards their nation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Dr. King write the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?

2. What did the civil rights bill, signed on September 9, 1957, establish?

3. What staff member from the SCLC helped young people from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to think for themselves?

4. What city was the home to the beginning of the movement exemplified by eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians when it began February 1, 1960?

5. When was the historic Brown vs. Topeka, Kansas Board of Education Supreme Court decision handed down?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were the problems associated with the shift from rural to urban life for African Americans?

2. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did King describe as "the face of the future"?

3. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were second-class methods?

4. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," how are the extreme race relations of the South explained?

5. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did the denial of the right to vote do to African Americans?

6. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why did the young blacks need to begin to look at their future in a different light?

7. In Chapter 4: "My Trip To the Land of Gandhi," Martin Luther King, Jr., described his fascination for India. Why did King hold a fascination for India?

8. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," why did many black men lose their self-respect?

9. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what would have happened in the United States if the country were to gain three million "southern Negro" votes?

10. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why had some African Americans become cynical and disillusioned?

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