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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. King wants to point out a lot of things about the use of nonviolence. Nonviolence is not for __________, for example.
(a) Whites.
(b) Children.
(c) Cowards.
(d) Women.

2. Economic growth through industrialization increases the purchasing power of the ________________.
(a) Students.
(b) Whites.
(c) Women.
(d) African Americans.

3. In the beginning, protesters saw their actions as an expression of ___________ love.
(a) Christian.
(b) Baseless.
(c) Forced.
(d) Unjust.

4. ____________ is a means of resisting and one that requires followers to seek friendship and understanding of opponents.
(a) Resistance.
(b) Nonviolence.
(c) Sit ins.
(d) Protesting.

5. The ________ was required to industrialize, developing economic power, improving medical care, etc.
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) West.

6. They needed _____________ for the extreme cases of brutality in order to move forward with civil rights.
(a) Executions.
(b) Witnesses.
(c) Punishment.
(d) Media coverage.

7. 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) Slums.
(b) Back.
(c) Upper society.
(d) Middle.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. The movement of African American students to gain access to ______________ across the nation was a newer event.
(a) Lunch counters.
(b) Bathrooms.
(c) School admisssions offices.
(d) Voting booths.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. King wants his followers to only use the weapon of _________ as they battle for their basic rights.

2. The historic ________ ruling of the Supreme Court was nullified by the actions of the local and state governmental authorities.

3. The struggle had a ___________ quality, including members of all classes of society and all ages.

4. Governor George ____________ declared his stubborn resistance to the desegregation and the March to Washington DC.

5. Men and women at this point had died for their right to ______________, with their blood on the hands of all Americans.

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