View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. King called the bus company manager the day the order arrived and requested service be resumed the next day, and got what response?

2. In addition to King, how many people were indicted in Montgomery on antiboycott charges in February, 1956?

3. King stipulated he would not place his ultimate faith in little gods that could be destroyed when?

4. What was the topic of King's trial sermon at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did King observe about love?

2. What was it King believed had been shoved upon his generation?

3. How did King conclude he dealt with the traumas he faced in 1958?

4. What did King note about the Great Depression?

5. What prompted King to make the comment during his initial conversation with Coretta that they should get married someday?

6. How did King describe his wife?

7. Why did King view 6 December 1955 as a day he would have to return to earth?

8. Why was it King viewed previously inactive Albany, Georgia, as having become turbulent?

9. When did King begin a search to eliminate social evil?

10. What hardships did King recall when he entered college?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast King's opinions of the violence in Watts in 1965 with that in Chicago in 1966, and the subsequent successes and failures of both. How did he perceive slums in both environments? What did King discern resulted from these riots? How did he connect fighting against poverty with racial justice? How did the nonviolent movement encounter a crisis in the North? What did the drives seek in both cities?

Essay Topic 2

Assess the initial writing in Chapter 32 in which King elaborated on his view that "Life is a continual story of shattered dreams." Address points he made concerning Mahatma Gandhi, Woodrow Wilson, and the Apostle Paul. What was it individuals sought? King defined the story of life as being what? How could one be happy if they never achieved their goal?

Essay Topic 3

Survey King's review of his trial on charges of falsifying income taxes for the State of Alabama for 1956 and 1958. What reasons did he give for having believed he would be found guilty? What reasons did he offer as being in his favor? If he was convinced the jury was prejudiced against him, why did they not convict him? Would the jury not have ruled against King's black attorneys despite the level of their professional legal skills?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,064 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample