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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James Meredith, who was wounded by a sniper during his "March Against Fear" on 6 June 1966, integrated which institution in 1962?
(a) The University of Mississippi.
(b) The University of Southern Mississippi.
(c) The University of Alabama.
(d) The Mississippi State University.

2. King noted that one of life's great agonies is when we attempt to finish what?
(a) That which will take until time's end.
(b) That which is a tremendous goal.
(c) That which is unfinishable.
(d) That which is yet but a dream.

3. When did King attend the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by President Johnson?
(a) 4 July 1964.
(b) 24 July 1964.
(c) 2 June 1964.
(d) 2 July 1964.

4. Although King saw President Johnson as being supportive of the Civil Rights Act, how did he describe President Johnson's view about protections its passage would provide blacks?
(a) "Optimistic politically."
(b) "Hopeful politically."
(c) "Uncertain politically."
(d) "Pessimistic politically."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did King respond to the eight clergymen when he rarely did so as it would leave him little time for "constructive" work?

2. President Kennedy called Coretta Scott King and expressed concern for her husband on what date?

3. How did King receive a letter from eight clergy members from all major faiths while in jail?

4. King wanted President Johnson to continue these programs, but President Johnson was distracted by the conflict in Vietnam.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did King observe about Northern riots?

2. What did King stipulate about being jailed in Selma, Alabama?

3. What were points King stipulated as to why he opposed the war in Vietnam?

4. King experienced what when he initially took his position on the war in Vietnam?

5. What reason did King give for his opting to work in Chicago in 1966?

6. What did King say about Selma, Alabama, in 1965?

7. How did James Meredith meet Stokely Carmichael?

8. In the final chapter, what was it King recalled about his stabbing recovery?

9. What did King say in his address at the Atlanta dinner honoring his receipt of the Nobel Prize?

10. Why did King and Abernathy leave jail in Birmingham?

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