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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21: Death of Illusions, Chapter 22: St. Augustine, Chapter 23: The Mississippi Challenge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shackles did King describe as being removed from his body during his first two college years?
(a) Detestation.
(b) Fundamentalism.
(c) Immorality.
(d) Impropriety.

2. How old was King when he participated in an oratorical contest in Dublin, Georgia?
(a) 14 years old.
(b) 10 years old.
(c) 16 years old.
(d) 12 years old.

3. How many black protesters marched on St. Augustine?
(a) 9,500.
(b) 2,400.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 3,700.

4. Where was a plot by a guerrilla group on King's life discovered during the summer of 1964?
(a) In Alabama.
(b) In Mississippi.
(c) In Florida.
(d) In Georgia.

5. What did King identify as the three remaining steps in any nonviolent campaign once an assessment of whether injustices existed has been determined?
(a) The steps were negotiation, gathering support, and indirect action.
(b) The steps were indirect action, silent prayer, and gathering support.
(c) The steps were silent prayer, self-purification, and direct action.
(d) The steps were negotiation, self-purification, and direct action.

Short Answer Questions

1. A dynamite blast killed how many young black girls in Sunday school at Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church on 15 September 1963?

2. How did King respond to President Eisenhower's use of force when integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?

3. When did King deliver his trial sermon at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery?

4. When did a Ku Klux Klan meeting take place relative to the bombs being having been set?

5. When did King enter Boston University's School of Theology?

(see the answer key)

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