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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Coretta unable to travel frequently with King?

2. When did King receive his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer Seminary?

3. King described his father as having been what?

4. When did King enter Crozer Theological Seminary?

5. King had been desirous of what for some years prior to his graduation from Crozer Seminary?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did King view Reinhold Niebuhr?

2. How did King's behavior reflect upon his perceived stereotype whites typically had of blacks?

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

4. How did King describe his meeting with Vice President Richard Nixon?

5. What did King observe about love?

6. How did King describe his wife?

7. What was it King conveyed about his use of the pronoun "I" in his account of the Montgomery Movement?

8. How did King describe his initial meeting with John F. Kennedy?

9. Why was Mrs. Rosa Parks arrested on 1 December 1955?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the tactics upon which King and the SCLC agreed during their November, 1967, meeting. What was the overall goal the executives of the SCLC sought? What were the tactics upon which they agreed to adopt? What were the steps King took? Why did they believe these efforts would be successful?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the significance of King's speech delivered to the Montgomery Improvement Association on the evening of 5 December 1955 with his "I Have a Dream" speech of 28 August 1963. Discuss the impact of the two addresses. What was King's assessment in his analysis of the importance of each?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate King's being selected for the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. Consider how King viewed his being chosen and events associated with his subsequently being awarded. Address the impact his receipt of the prize had upon his journey toward achievement of racial equality.

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