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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. King wants his followers to only use the weapon of _________ as they battle for their basic rights.
(a) Money.
(b) Truth.
(c) Silence.
(d) Love.

2. The sacrifices of the people for others and for the cause of freedom developed ___________ and worth for everyone.
(a) Unrest.
(b) Dignity.
(c) Disorganization.
(d) Pity.

3. Token _________ are not satisfactory ends, according to Dr. King and to his writing and his speeches.
(a) Beginnings.
(b) Truths.
(c) Martyrs.
(d) Beliefs.

4. ______________ in civil rights was responsible for this decline in civil rights being at the forefront of the public mind.
(a) Dishonesty.
(b) Violence.
(c) Expressionism.
(d) Tokenism.

5. Who receives parity, subsides and incentives when they are in the world, according to Dr. King?
(a) The poor.
(b) The children.
(c) The wealthy.
(d) The middle class.

6. The protesters believed their actions and this love was inspired by _____________ as he called upon men to love one another.
(a) Dr. King.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) Dr. Sharpton.
(d) Jesse Jackson.

7. The plans for the future, said Dr. King, involve the removal of blockage, not pouring _________ over the troubled waters in order to calm them.
(a) Cement.
(b) Sand.
(c) Fire.
(d) Oil.

8. A final element in the new sense of dignity for the people was the knowledge that there was a _______________ struggle for freedom and equity.
(a) Government.
(b) Religious.
(c) Historical.
(d) Worldwide.

9. The United States had become an international power that was unable to enforce even _______________ in a Southern village.
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Elementary law.
(c) The Constitution.
(d) Order.

10. Who did Dr. King think was goading some of the African Americans into committing acts of violence?
(a) Police.
(b) Pastors.
(c) White students.
(d) Government officials.

11. Discrimination, according to Dr. King, thrives on a belief of ________________, which led to segregation.
(a) Inferiority.
(b) Racial servitude.
(c) Honor.
(d) Truth.

12. Dr. King never talked about the bad things that happened to him as he wanted to avoid a _________ complex.
(a) God-like.
(b) Painful.
(c) Martyr.
(d) Prophet.

13. From the time of the founding of the country, _______________ of the peoples had existed.
(a) Assemblies.
(b) Disenfranchisement.
(c) Outrages.
(d) Racial prosperity.

14. Southern __________ continued to fight against the civil rights measures and bills being put before them.
(a) Senators.
(b) Presidents.
(c) Mayors.
(d) Churches.

15. American ___________ gained a hope that they would be able to break the bonds of Jim Crow Laws.
(a) Grandparents.
(b) Families.
(c) Students.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. The people, according to Dr. King, needed to overcome the ____________ that was segregation and the lack of civil rights.

2. In the battle for freedom and for justice, Dr. King reminds followers to be ____________ and disciplined.

3. What is NOT one of the ways in which oppression is responded to, according to Dr. King?

4. Dr. King looks back on a year of people who had given the gift of _______, a true gift of love according to him.

5. Dr. King discussed the idea that those who oppose __________ rarely give up privileges without intense opposition.

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