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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. What work did Dr. King publish, according to Chapter 11 ("I Have A Dream"), when he was considered the "prophet of the hour"?
2. What church was bombed that led Dr. King to deliver a sermon at the funeral of the little girls killed during the bombing?
3. What year was the atom bombed dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
4. When did Dr. King deliver his last, and greatest, sermon?
5. Where did Dr. King speak publicly in an anti-war demonstration?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to King's speech "A Time to Break Silence," what change did America make in effort to "quell the insurgency that Diem's methods had aroused"?
2. According to King's speech "I Have A Dream," who should be able to allow freedom to ring? Who did King include when he named the groups that should be allowed to "let freedom ring"?
3. What were the circumstances that surrounded King's "Eulogy for the Martyred Children"?
4. Describe the circumstances surrounding King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
5. According to King's speech "I Have A Dream," the song "America" needed to be sung, and believed, by all that sang it. Name three things that King wanted freedom to ring from.
6. Why did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference make their motto "To save the soul of America"?
7. What prompted the Nobel Peace Prize committee to search for the "greatest apostle of peace" in 1964?
8. In "A Time to Break Silence," what did King claim was the irony behind the war in Vietnam?
9. In King's speech "Where Do We Go From Here?," what did King mean by "as long as a mind is enslaved, the body can never be free"?
10. According to King's speech "I Have A Dream," what can African Americans never be satisfied with?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as the editor James M. Washington, stated throughout I Have A Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World that the African American churches played a major role in the efforts to end racial prejudice, segregation, and unfairly balanced civil rights. Discuss the role of the church and religion in the Civil Rights Movement. Why were the church and religion so important to the movement? How did Dr. King incorporate the church and religion into the movement? How did the incorporation of religion hold true to the theme of I Have A Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World and the Civil Rights Movement?
Essay Topic 2
Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" while serving a sentence for participating in a civil rights demonstration. Discuss the importance of his actual writing from jail. What did this act prove to those involved in the civil rights act? Did this letter help to show his determination or did it hinder his part in the movement?
Essay Topic 3
Dr. King was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. The Nobel Peace Prize committee looked for the "greatest apostle of peace." Use evidence from I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World to support the Nobel Peace Prize committee's decision to honor Dr. King with the award and title "greatest apostle of peace."
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