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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 11- Part 3: Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What work did Dr. King publish, according to Chapter 11 ("I Have A Dream"), when he was considered the "prophet of the hour"?
(a) "What Is Your Life's Blueprint?"
(b) "I've Been to the Mountaintop."
(c) "Why We Can't Wait."
(d) "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life."

2. What was the name of the first African American to challenge interstate travel bans?
(a) Thurgood Marshall.
(b) Stokely Carmichael.
(c) Emmett Till.
(d) T. McCants Stewart.

3. Who were the primary people who led the movement exemplified by eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians?
(a) African American business-persons.
(b) African American men.
(c) African American women.
(d) African American college students.

4. What were the nicknames of the African Americans who traveled from state to state even though they were prohibited from doing so because of white co-passengers?
(a) Challengers.
(b) Freedom Riders.
(c) Freedom Challengers.
(d) Riders.

5. How many federal marshals were dispatched by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy?
(a) 400.
(b) 600.
(c) 500.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of testing was banned on February 4, 1965, used to deny rights to vote?

2. When did the African nation of Ghana acquire its independence from British rule?

3. What year was considered a momentous year in American history and in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

4. What county, on June 26, 1959, closed its entire school system rather than allow integration?

5. Dr. King wanted to make sure that advocates of Black Consciousness did not associate racial pride with what?

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