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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

2. King wanted President Johnson to continue these programs, but President Johnson was distracted by the conflict in Vietnam.
(a) The Fair Society programs.
(b) The Great Society programs.
(c) The Progressive Society programs.
(d) The Successfull Society programs.

3. Why did King maintain that those who set bombs on 11 May 1963 had selected a night and time during which customers were leaving closing bars in a black neighborhood?
(a) To instigate most fear.
(b) To cause greatest disorder.
(c) To stir rioting.
(d) To achieve the most death and injury.

4. King indicated the war in Vietnam played havoc with what?
(a) The destiny of all Vietnam.
(b) The destiny of the entire world.
(c) The destiny of all Southeast Asia.
(d) The destiny of an entire generation.

5. What speech did King deliver on the morning of 28 August 1963?
(a) "I Believe in Dreams."
(b) "I have a Dream."
(c) "I Pursue My Dreams."
(d) "I Trust in Dreams."

6. What phrase did King use to describe the approach the black community would follow in its pursuit of the Poor People's Campaign?
(a) "A nonviolet movement, but as militant as necessary."
(b) "An effective, honorable, nonviolent movement."
(c) "An effective, militant, nonviolent movement."
(d) "An inspired, militant, violent movement as necessary."

7. How many civil rights workers were reported missing following their arrests in June, 1964, in Philadelphia, Mississippi?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

8. 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 Georgia.
(d) In Florida.

9. How many people took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
(a) An estimated 50 million.
(b) An estimated 25 million.
(c) An estimated 5 million.
(d) An estimated 15 million.

10. King assessed the summer of 1963 when he noted it was what?
(a) An insurgency, not merely an insurgent.
(b) A war, not merely a battle.
(c) A struggle, not merely an uprising.
(d) A revolution, not merely a revolt.

11. 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 silent prayer, self-purification, and direct action.
(b) The steps were indirect action, silent prayer, and gathering support.
(c) The steps were negotiation, gathering support, and indirect action.
(d) The steps were negotiation, self-purification, and direct action.

12. Although King saw President Johnson as being supportive of the Civil Rights Act, how did he describe President Johnson's view about protections its passage would provide blacks?
(a) "Optimistic politically."
(b) "Uncertain politically."
(c) "Hopeful politically."
(d) "Pessimistic politically."

13. Where was Malcolm X assassinated on 21 February 1965?
(a) In Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) In Washington, Distict of Columbia.
(c) In Harlem, New York City.
(d) In Birmingham, Alabama.

14. King saw the rioting in Los Angeles as having arisen from what?
(a) From desperation many endure concerning race-related discrimination.
(b) From despair over poverty which was inextricably linked with racial justice.
(c) From the hopelessness felt by many regarding their economic destitution.
(d) From disheartenment culminating in masses due to brutal police tactics.

15. King said one had to get one's heart right with God, and while not having attained the highest peak or realized all one's dreams, he did what?
(a) "Tried."
(b) "Was committed."
(c) "Achieved some success."
(d) "Approached the goal honestly."

Short Answer Questions

1. In his letter to the clergy, King described Birmingham as likely the most thoroughly segregated city where?

2. King's book, "Where Do We Go from Here, Chaos or Community?" was written when?

3. What position did the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) take on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

4. President Kennedy announced a new civil rights proposal on 11 June 1963 and met with King when?

5. How many of his attorneys were allowed to visit King on Easter Sunday afternoon?

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