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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. How many people attended Dr. King's first anti-war demonstration?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) More than 5,000.

2. What year was considered a momentous year in American history and in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1965.

3. Where did Dr. King deliver his last SCLC presidential address?
(a) First Baptist Church.
(b) Ebenezer Baptist Church.
(c) Congressional Baptist Church.
(d) 16th Street Baptist Church.

4. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what is the "nettlesome task of Negros" today?
(a) How to tell their story.
(b) How to organize their strength.
(c) How to show their importance.
(d) How to prove that there is a need for change.

5. When did Dr. King speak publicly in an anti-war demonstration?
(a) March 25, 1967.
(b) June 25, 1967.
(c) October 25, 1967.
(d) April 25, 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. What church was Ebenezer Baptist Church an outgrowth of?

2. What percentage of African Americans registered in Alabama voted in Alabama's Democratic Primary?

3. What is the name of one of the African American leaders that argued for the African American need for self-respect and self-help?

4. On what date did Dr. King accept his Nobel Peace Prize?

5. What did President Eisenhower claim encouraged American military involvement around the globe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Martin Luther King, Jr., claim to be ironic about America's tension with the National Liberation Front?

2. Why did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference make their motto "To save the soul of America"?

3. According to King's speech "A Time to Break Silence," who was the most "vicious modern dictator"?

4. Describe the circumstances surrounding King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

5. According to King's speech "I Have A Dream," what can African Americans never be satisfied with?

6. In 1967, as summarized in the introduction of Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here?," Martin Luther King, Jr., felt caught between two distinct groups for very different reasons. Who did King feel caught between and why?

7. What did King, in his speech "A Time to Break Silence," claim the Vietnamese watched Americans do during the Vietnam War?

8. During the delivery of King's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in 1964, what were three of the eight "beliefs" King spoke of?

9. According to the summary in Chapter 19: "The Drum Major Instinct," what was the importance of the black church in the African American culture?

10. Martin Luther King, Jr., stated five dreams during his "I Have A Dream" speech. What were three of his "dreams"?

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