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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. Who was the head of the Nation of Islam in 1960?

2. Who was the first black student to graduate from the high school in Arkansas on May 27, 1958?

3. When was the second march supporting racial desegregation held in Washington, D.C.?

4. What did the assailant ask Dr. King right before his assault on September 20, 1958?

5. What group organized the first integrated group of interstate travelers?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," what were blacks asking for as part of the "southern pattern"?

2. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," why was it difficult for young people to realize the effectiveness of nonviolence in the Civil Rights Movement?

3. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," what would it take for the "master race" to civilize African Americans "to a degree"?

4. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what two fronts must the African American work on during the period of social change?

5. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were some of the factors that led to a new sense of self-respect on the part of the African American?

6. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," why did many black men lose their self-respect?

7. What was ironic about King's entry into the Crozer Theological Seminary in September of 1948?

8. What happened on December 1, 1955, to initiate the forward movement of the Civil Rights Movement?

9. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," there were eight descriptions of the "New Negro." What were three of the eight of the descriptions?

10. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did King describe as "the face of the future"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. King asked a student (from Chapter 9: "The Time For Freedom Has Come") to find a quotation that expressed his feelings regard the African American struggle. This was the quote:

"I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see,

I sought my God, but he eluded me,

I sought my brother, and I found all three."

Describe how this student's quote reveals the effort behind the Civil Rights Movement. What does the quote mean? How does it speak to the movement itself? How does the quote embody a movement that requires solidarity?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the sermons/speeches used for I Have A Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World. Discuss the importance of the sermon/speech's inclusion. Why is it important to have this speech/sermon serving as part of the whole? Why did you choose this sermon/speech as the most important of the text?

Essay Topic 3

Some may come to misunderstand the collaboration of a movement that pursues inclusion (the Civil Rights Movement) while celebrating individuality of a race (The Black Power Movement). Examine how these two "movements" can live in harmony even though they, by definition, are very different. Discuss the different attributes of each movement and their similarities. How do their differences speak to their ability to be cohesive?

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