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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The protesters believed their actions and this love was inspired by _____________ as he called upon men to love one another.

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

3. The Montgomery _________ surprised many African Americans when it happened, helping to encourage more.

4. The _________ of the slums learned that hatred and bigotry could and should be confronted, exposed, and dealt with.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the theory of nonviolence teach to those who are willing to practice it during tough times?

2. What does Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. want to stress that nonviolence is NOT for?

3. What does integration allow the society to enjoy, according to the writings and the words of Dr. King?

4. What did Dr. King see in India, even with the extreme poverty in the area as he witnessed for himself?

5. When Dr. King was talking to a crowd integrated with both white and black youth, what did he say the generation would be known as?

6. What does Dr. King want people to use during the battle for freedom and for justice?

7. What is the danger of the strategy of violence as some African Americans might be inclined to do?

8. What happened as a result of the Montgomery boycott which surprised a lot of African Americans?

9. What did the increased economic status of the African American now allow them to do?

10. Why were there violent outbreaks of African Americans in some areas, even though the struggle was typically nonviolent?

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