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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The problem with using violence is that it alienates the people in the ___________, those who yet have not determined that any resistance is necessary.
(a) Upper society.
(b) Middle.
(c) Slums.
(d) Back.

2. Dr. King also pointed out that those who had said "_________" to desegregation were not admitting to "later."
(a) Always.
(b) Over their dead bodies.
(c) Never.
(d) Sure.

3. The personal experiences of Dr. King allowed him to develop a faith and a belief in the reality of a personal __________.
(a) God.
(b) Code.
(c) Truth.
(d) Honor.

4. America was fortunate, Dr. King said, that the strength of African American protesters was tempered by a sense of _____________.
(a) Responsibility.
(b) Violence.
(c) Truth.
(d) Witness.

5. Dr. King spoke to a group of both white and black students who supported the drive for ___________.
(a) Faith.
(b) God.
(c) Truth.
(d) Civil rights.

6. The _________ of the slums learned that hatred and bigotry could and should be confronted, exposed, and dealt with.
(a) Schools.
(b) Children.
(c) Churches.
(d) Women.

7. Young African Americans felt trapped by the ___________ and slow court processes that kept segregation and discrimination in place.
(a) News stories.
(b) Red tape.
(c) Protests.
(d) Meetings.

8. To be a realistic ______________ requires the church and the Christians to fight against the idea of nuclear war and world annihilation.
(a) Leader.
(b) Warmonger.
(c) Pacifist.
(d) Apostle.

9. ___________ not only harms one physically, but it injures one spiritually, according to Dr. King.
(a) Desegregation.
(b) Integration.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Pain.

10. The historic ________ ruling of the Supreme Court was nullified by the actions of the local and state governmental authorities.
(a) 1961.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1962.

11. What were some groups training as they didn't quite believe that nonviolence would be able to work?
(a) Bomb building.
(b) Students.
(c) Militias.
(d) Language skills.

12. 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) Fire.
(b) Sand.
(c) Oil.
(d) Cement.

13. Dr. King saw the injustice and civil rights as an attack on __________ when he was growing up around it.
(a) Honor.
(b) God.
(c) Self.
(d) Basic humanness.

14. The white power structure perpetuated the __________ that African Americans were moving too fast.
(a) Myth.
(b) Law.
(c) Speech.
(d) Argument.

15. The people, according to Dr. King, needed to overcome the ____________ that was segregation and the lack of civil rights.
(a) Illness.
(b) Sin.
(c) Pain.
(d) Dishonesty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The greatest moral dilemma was that in order to remain true to the gospel of Jesus, ministers needed to take a stand against __________.

3. When the African American population gained the right to vote, how many people were able to affect the shape of Congress?

4. The whites of the __________ forgot they had developed a social caste system and culture, even believing the lie.

5. Who receives parity, subsides and incentives when they are in the world, according to Dr. King?

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