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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. King reminded listeners that while God was on their side, a new age of __________ would not arrive on its own.
(a) Truth.
(b) Validity.
(c) Peace.
(d) Freedom.

2. Dr. King fought against the stories that African Americans sought to achieve freedom through the use of __________.
(a) Peace.
(b) Anger.
(c) Mediation.
(d) Violence.

3. 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) Worldwide.
(b) Historical.
(c) Religious.
(d) Government.

4. In what city was the bus strike during the time of Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Boston.
(c) Selma.
(d) Chicago.

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

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

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

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

9. The ___________ commitment of the nonviolence movement allowed for the refusal to cooperate with evil.
(a) Indian.
(b) Moral.
(c) Dr. King.
(d) Gandhi.

10. Dr. King remembers working with a group of gang members from the ___________ ghettos.
(a) Birmingham.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Boston.

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

12. Increased ____________, though still exploited, helped the African American to have better homes, medical care, and schooling.
(a) Pity.
(b) Economic status.
(c) Rights.
(d) Visibility.

13. What tool was available to ensure that contractors dealing with government desist from practicing discrimination in employment?
(a) Bill of Rights.
(b) Constitution.
(c) Declaration of Independence.
(d) Executive Order.

14. There was an obligation to ensure that all __________________ participated in the enforcement and creative innovations freeing all citizens.
(a) Women.
(b) Federal agencies.
(c) Whites.
(d) People.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. All the country suffers, according to Dr. King, from the power of the _____________ politicians.

2. Young African Americans felt trapped by the ___________ and slow court processes that kept segregation and discrimination in place.

3. Dr. King proclaimed that ____________ remained the greatest moral quandary for America.

4. The students began to lose their fear of the ___________ wielded by the white majority and were looking to build brotherhood.

5. Rather than discouraging the Civil Rights march, the governor should have encouraged the state troopers to avoid _________.

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