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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24: The Nobel Peace Prize, Chapter 25: Malcolm X, Chapter 26: Selma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On 15 December 1961, King arrived in Albany, Georgia, in response to a telegram from the head of what group?
(a) The Albany Movement.
(b) The Albany NAACP.
(c) The Albany Alliance for Civil Liberties.
(d) The Albany Assembly.

2. The sit-in movement began in a lunch counter in what location?
(a) Birmingham, Alabama.
(b) Greensboro, North Carolina.
(c) Albany, Georgia.
(d) Jackson, Mississippi.

3. What was the purpose of King's 13-point written instructions from jail in Selma, Alabama, to movement associates in February, 1965?
(a) To register as many Selma blacks to vote as possible.
(b) To achieve the most success from peaceful demonstrations.
(c) To awaken Selma blacks' perspectives about the right to vote.
(d) To keep national attention focused on Selma.

4. Who received a call from John F. Kennedy on 26 October 1960?
(a) Governor S. Ernest Vandiver.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Coretta Scott King.
(d) Judge Oscar Mitchell.

5. King wanted to learn from what Scandinavian tradition?
(a) Democratic socialism.
(b) Democratic republicanism.
(c) Socialistic communism.
(d) Socialistic capitalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Civil rights leaders focused on Selma, Alabama, in 1965 as 15,000 blacks were eligible to vote there, but only how many were registered?

2. An integrated dinner on 27 January 1965 that honored King was held where?

3. What point did King stress to soon to be graduating students at a march on 18 April 1959?

4. Where was Malcolm X assassinated on 21 February 1965?

5. Montgomery's Police Commissioner instructed taxi drivers not to do what during the bus boycott?

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