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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the people do instead of giving in to a discriminatory bus system in Alabama?
(a) Use cars.
(b) Stay at home.
(c) Use the train.
(d) Walk.

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

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

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

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

6. The greatest moral dilemma was that in order to remain true to the gospel of Jesus, ministers needed to take a stand against __________.
(a) Segregation.
(b) Police.
(c) Laws.
(d) Schools.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Rather than discouraging the Civil Rights march, the governor should have encouraged the state troopers to avoid _________.
(a) Movement.
(b) Watching.
(c) Violence.
(d) Large groups.

14. 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) Cement.
(d) Oil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The president, according to Dr. King, had a fundamental responsibility as leader of the country to lead the way forward to securing __________.

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

3. ___________ not only harms one physically, but it injures one spiritually, according to Dr. King.

4. What would have happened if African American people refused to give up their seats to a white person?

5. What is NOT one of the things that Dr. King endured during his time in the Civil Rights movement?

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