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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 the chapter about the Nobel Prize, King described his view of airline personnel and ranked which members as foremost?
(a) The ground crew.
(b) The co-pilots.
(c) The flight attendants.
(d) The pilots.

2. Although he and Malcolm X did not always see eye-to-eye as to methods, King stipulated Malcolm X had the great ability to do what?
(a) "Always placed the problems of his race over his own personal safety."
(b) "Honestly and eloquently present his point of view without offending."
(c) "Eloquently and honestly express his viewpoint on the race problem."
(d) "Put his finger on the existence and root of the problem."

3. Which group, in conjunction with the SCLC, launched a protest following the election in Birmingham?
(a) The Alabama Christian Conference for Civil Rights.
(b) The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.
(c) The Alabama Christian Convention for Human Rights.
(d) The Alabama Christian Movement for Civil Liberties.

4. James Meredith, who was wounded by a sniper during his "March Against Fear" on 6 June 1966, integrated which institution in 1962?
(a) The University of Alabama.
(b) The University of Mississippi.
(c) The University of Southern Mississippi.
(d) The Mississippi State University.

5. King saw the rioting in Los Angeles as having arisen from what?
(a) From disheartenment culminating in masses due to brutal police tactics.
(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 desperation many endure concerning race-related discrimination.

Short Answer Questions

1. On 18 March 1968, King spoke before which striking labor group in Memphis?

2. King noted that one of life's great agonies is when we attempt to finish what?

3. What was the purpose of King's 13-point written instructions from jail in Selma, Alabama, to movement associates in February, 1965?

4. When did King attend the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by President Johnson?

5. What did King organize with Chicago's Mayor R. Daley and others on 26 August 1967?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was King's opinion about frustration and aggression?

2. How did King view Senator Barry Goldwater's nomination as the Republican Party's 1964 candidate for President?

3. How did King describe Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth?

4. In the final chapter, what was it King recalled about his stabbing recovery?

5. What did King stipulate in his comparison of racial discrimination in the South and the North?

6. What did King view as democracy's most significant challenge?

7. What were points King stipulated as to why he opposed the war in Vietnam?

8. What did King observe about Northern riots?

9. Why did King view the summer of 1963 as being historic?

10. Why did King and Abernathy leave jail in Birmingham?

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