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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. Through love of others as humans as well as peaceful protest, Dr. King believed the __________ of hatred and discrimination could be worn away.
(a) Stones.
(b) Words.
(c) Walls.
(d) Shores.

2. Dissenters and protesters need work toward the health of the _________ of America.
(a) Future.
(b) Legal system.
(c) Government.
(d) Soul.

3. Many considered the first phase of the ________ protest to be over and to be a failure, a movement to be viewed with suspicion.
(a) Race.
(b) Peace.
(c) Black Power.
(d) Power.

4. The last conversation with Dr. King was held just ________ days before his assassination.
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

5. The participation of African Americans in __________ would prove to be their economic power in society.
(a) The Army.
(b) The factories.
(c) The fields.
(d) Unions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Those who advocated ________________ did not have the support of the majority of African Americans.

2. Economic power was available, according to Dr. King, to those who _____________ in this time of the world.

3. Dr. King paid deep respects to the __________ who cherish democracy enough to join the battle for freedom.

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

5. Dr. King wanted to point out that: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to ___________ everywhere."

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dr. King believe the reason for his receiving the Nobel Peace Prize had to be?

2. What did Dr. King feel about the impact of nonviolence on white supremacists, though Malcolm X did not necessarily agree?

3. How could the marchers in the march from Selma to Montgomery be described at this point?

4. What was the tool that brought a hope for integration, rather than the ideals that Black Power purported?

5. What did Dr. King think would happen in society as a result of integration, according to his last conversation?

6. What were Dr. King's main concerns about the Vietnam War when it was fought?

7. What did Dr. King feel the similarities between the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement were?

8. What was an important part of African American financial and economic power at the time?

9. How did many states respond to the rule that prevented the allowance of the separate but equal doctrine?

10. Who did Dr. King think that the four murdered girls spoke to in their deaths?

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