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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. It is realized it will take more than just protests and marches for the __________ to receive the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
(a) Poor.
(b) Future.
(c) Women.
(d) Children.

2. Dr. King felt his first mistake in the nonviolent quest or freedom was accepting __________.
(a) Bail.
(b) Defeat in Selma.
(c) The laws of Congress.
(d) His confession.

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

4. Achievement of creative _____________ must be continued in order to reach that dream that Dr. King shares.
(a) Truths.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Protest.
(d) Laws.

5. One cannot be a victim of _______ and participate in a similar evil against others, Dr. King stated.
(a) Pain.
(b) Evil.
(c) Truth.
(d) The legal system.

Short Answer Questions

1. Weak __________ is the cause of racial prejudice, according to Dr. King's observations of the world.

2. Black people who were stuck in _____________ needed to develop a power through organization and collaboration.

3. Preferred employment and housing opportunities would lift the African American to a ________ similar to the rest of America.

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

5. Laws enacted without __________ provided changes and minimal reform with no real freedom - words are not supported by deeds.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was nonviolent action considered to be imperative to Dr. King at this point in time?

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

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

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

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

6. Where does peace come from, according to Dr. King in his Christmas sermon on peace?

7. What movement did Dr. King use as a comparison to the current Civil Rights movement society was facing?

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

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

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

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