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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Albany and Lessons for the Future, 1961-1962.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Rustin resign?
(a) He was recovering from stab wounds after a woman attacked him.
(b) Rustin was caught at a communist meeting.
(c) He was angry with King about the direction of the SCLC.
(d) Clayton threatened to say that Rustin and King were lovers.

2. Why did the Freedom Riders feel disappointed in King?
(a) He refused to go along with them, citing his probation problems.
(b) He did not want to serve on their advisory panel.
(c) He failed to mention them in a speech in Washington DC.
(d) He spent some of the money they had planned on using.

3. What SCLC program was to reach out more readily to the public?
(a) Crusade for Sponsors.
(b) Hands across America.
(c) POV.
(d) Future Program.

4. Who advised King to distance himself from Levison?
(a) Ralph Abernathy.
(b) Coretta Scott King.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

5. King was accused of what by the state of Alabama?
(a) Unlawful mob action.
(b) Perjury for lying on a state tax return.
(c) A hit and run accident.
(d) Stealing from the SCLC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organizations did the students form out of the lunch counter sit-ins?

2. Why were SNCC members upset with King?

3. What happened on January 30, 1956?

4. King announced that a Second Emancipation Proclamation would be delivered where?

5. What presidency did King turn down due to church and family responsibilities?

(see the answer key)

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