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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To Dr. King, nonviolent action on a planetary scale was no longer an option, but an imperative for the prevention of ___________.
(a) World War Three.
(b) Nuclear annihilation.
(c) Civil war.
(d) Government coups.

2. Dr. King addressed the basic human desire to find _______________ and importance in some way.
(a) Truth.
(b) Recognition.
(c) Support.
(d) God.

3. ___________ needed to be revolutionized, creating recognition that capitalism as the example of the poor around the world was not appropriate.
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Laws.
(c) Values.
(d) Truths.

4. Preferred employment and housing opportunities would lift the African American to a ________ similar to the rest of America.
(a) Level.
(b) Neighborhood.
(c) Financial truth.
(d) Bank account.

5. Truly liberal leadership in the North needed to step forward being firmly committed to racial ___________.
(a) Solidarity.
(b) Justice.
(c) Power.
(d) Effectiveness.

6. Dr. King said that the marchers' feet were sore and their bodies were tired, but their _________ were rested during the march.
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Minds.
(c) Souls.
(d) Powers.

7. Dr. King believed that the existence of _____________ in a country of wealth was immoral.
(a) Discrimination.
(b) Unevenness.
(c) Racism.
(d) Poverty.

8. Dr. King addressed in his last conversation the confusion of ________, which was leading to a crisis in the nation.
(a) Racism.
(b) Priorities.
(c) Economics.
(d) Peace.

9. The nonviolent actions were intended to bring attention to the ______________ affecting the African American population.
(a) Illnesses.
(b) Dishonesty.
(c) Brutalities.
(d) Moral wrongs.

10. Dr. King accepted the label of ___________, claiming that this sort of nonviolence was powerful and just.
(a) Peacemaker.
(b) Troublemaker.
(c) Pain.
(d) Militancy.

11. The greatest difficulty that African American leaders faced was that they did not want to be equated with the white ___________ that used boycotts to hurt others.
(a) Supremacists.
(b) Citizen committees.
(c) Governments.
(d) Leaders.

12. ___________ is positive and necessary as a call to develop political and economical goals.
(a) Black Power.
(b) Democracy Now.
(c) Truth for All.
(d) Now.

13. One extreme of the movement was to use Black Power to overthrow the ________________ and the whites.
(a) Churches.
(b) Government.
(c) Banks.
(d) Nonviolent protesters.

14. Unemployment and its resulting loss of _________ was one of the main problems, as Dr. King saw in in relation to the riots.
(a) Money.
(b) Dignity.
(c) Fear.
(d) Power.

15. The concern was not for those who killed the little girls, but for the __________ that shaped the murderers.
(a) Government.
(b) Schools.
(c) Social system.
(d) Bigotry.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________-minded people are realistic, decisive, astute, and firm of purpose, according to Dr. King's observations.

2. Mr. Wilkins believed that the crisis was only ________ outwardly, though Dr. King did not agree with this statement.

3. The Watts Riots in ___________ illuminated the tension between the African Americans and the whites in the North and Western states.

4. ____________ comes from the knowledge that people are interdependent across the world.

5. The right to _____________ was feared by racist Southern leaders as a powerful tool for change.

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