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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: The Making of a Dreamer (1929-55).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city was known as the "Cradle of the Confederacy"?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Greenville.
(d) Carolina.

2. By what title did King's admirers frequently refer to him?
(a) The prophet.
(b) The preacher.
(c) The dreamer.
(d) The Man.

3. At what age was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s first experience with segregation?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

4. What nickname did Martin Luther King, Sr. have?
(a) Daddy Martin.
(b) Father King.
(c) Daddy Senior.
(d) Daddy King.

5. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. become pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. What church was King's father a minister of?

2. What religious affiliation was Malcolm X aligned with?

3. What were the two "great resistance traditions in African-American history" that the meeting between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. provided to the black freedom movement?

4. What was the name of the 15-year-old high school student arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger before Rosa Parks did so?

5. Who was the author and civil rights activist that spoke of "twoness"?

(see the answer key)

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