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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. What was the name of Dr. King's wife, as told to readers in his autobiography of sorts?
(a) Regina.
(b) Judy.
(c) Loretta.
(d) Coretta.

2. Using the _________, Dr. King taught courage, love, overcoming fear, and the love of God as a means to grow and prepare for challenges.
(a) Pen.
(b) Television.
(c) Pulpit.
(d) Radio.

3. The desire to be ___________ is appropriate when placed in the proper setting, as when one wants to be first in moral greatness.
(a) Alone.
(b) First.
(c) Above all.
(d) Right.

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

5. Dr. King argued that the war in Vietnam was _________ and that it hurt African Americans more than others in the United States.
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Blasphemy.
(c) A waste.
(d) Immoral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. King believed that many people were _____________ through an important revolution.

2. Though legislation was passed through Congress, the presidents were unwilling to insist on the _______________ of the laws.

3. How many little girls were killed at the bombing at the Sunday School?

4. One hundred years after the _______________, African American men still sought the guarantee to basic rights as outlined in the Declaration of Independence.

5. The riots in __________ were a form of protest, commonly used through the ages, destroying the symbols of things they need.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Dr. King feel would help an African American be lifted to the same level as the rest of America?

4. What is the basic human desire that every person has at some time and in some way?

5. What did Dr. King feel it was an honor to be called, even though he didn't feel himself to be this way?

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

7. What did Dr. King accuse American presidents of in terms of their willingness to participate in the human rights movement?

8. What were the weapons used during the conflict against the brutality of Bull Connor?

9. Why were Dr. King and his wife, Coretta, not subject to segregation much in their lives before the movement?

10. What are some of the issues that the poor have to deal with in their everyday lives, according to Dr. King?

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