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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. The 1964 Nobel Prize for Peace was received by King, but whom did he feel truly deserved the award?

2. On what day was Viola Gregg Liuzzo killed by Klan members as she drove marchers back from a 4-day march from Selma to Montgomery?

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

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

5. During their visit with Meredith in the hospital, King (SCLC) and which leaders of other organizations agreed to continue his march?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did King indicate he recalled saying in his letter from the Birmingham Jail?

2. Why did King use the phrase "one of the most important meetings we ever convened" to depict a SCLC staff meeting held in November, 1967?

3. How did King describe his experience in Birmingham?

4. What transpired in the SCLC headquarters when it was learned that James Meredith had been shot?

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

6. What did King say about Selma, Alabama, in 1965?

7. What reason did King give for his opting to work in Chicago in 1966?

8. How did King describe life?

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

10. King experienced what when he initially took his position on the war in Vietnam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Judge King's perspective of Senator Barry Goldwater. Why was he disgusted by the Republican Party's presidential nomination of Goldwater in 1964? How did King view his stances on foreign policy issues? Did he consider Goldwater a racist? Why did King believe Goldwater's nomination would aid racists?

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

Elaborate on the assemblage of King's autobiography subsequent to his death. How was the authenticity of the autobiography ensured? What materials were used to construct the narrative? What autobiographical editorial judgments did Clayborne Carson incorporate? Was he successful in his autobiographical editing?

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