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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the assailant ask Dr. King right before his assault on September 20, 1958?
(a) "Is this your book?"
(b) "Are you Martin Luther King?"
(c) "Are you crazy?"
(d) "Are you responsible for all this civil rights nonsense?"

2. What religious journal contained a summary of Dr. King's book Stride Toward Freedom?
(a) Liberation.
(b) Common Threads.
(c) Renounced.
(d) Believe.

3. Who was the cause of Dr. King's injury on September 20, 1958?
(a) A black man.
(b) A black woman.
(c) A white woman.
(d) A white man.

4. Why were organizations such as NAACP and the NUL formed?
(a) To make people angry.
(b) To form violent organizations legally.
(c) To resist Jim Crow laws.
(d) To form anti-government organizations.

5. Where were the lunch counter sit-ins conducted on August 19 by the NAACP?
(a) California.
(b) Oklahoma City.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the civil rights bill, signed on September 9, 1957, establish?

2. What two organizations invited Dr. King to speak at the University of California at Berkeley on June 4, 1957?

3. What is the date notated at the beginning of Chapter 3, "The Power of Nonviolence"?

4. What was the name of the high school that nine black children attended under surveillance of federal troops, in Arkansas?

5. From whom did Dr. King say he learned about nonviolent resistance?

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