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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 11- Part 3: Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date was interstate traveling first challenged by an African American?
(a) April 1885.
(b) April 1920.
(c) April 1905.
(d) April 1910.

2. What was the Nobel Peace Prize Committee looking for when they choose Dr. King as the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) The only person brave enough to take a stand.
(b) The person responsible for the Freedom Movement.
(c) The greatest apostle of peace.
(d) The only man to have single-handedly pushed equality in the right direction.

3. When did W.E.B. DuBois die?
(a) June 24, 1957.
(b) June 11, 1964.
(c) August 27, 1963.
(d) October 18, 1964.

4. According to Dr. King, during his first national address, why were inhabitants of the twentieth century privileged?
(a) Because they lived in "one of the momentous periods of human history."
(b) Because they were "not scared any longer."
(c) Because they were "living by the greatest sets of rules ever."
(d) Because they were "making dramatic changes in the face of opposition."

5. What staff member from the SCLC helped young people from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to think for themselves?
(a) Mr. Terrance Minders.
(b) Ms. Ella Fitzgerald.
(c) Mr. Jonathon Brown.
(d) Mrs. Ella Baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to James Farmer's bus as he was traveling from Washington, D.C., to the South?

2. Who were Dr. and Mrs. King guests of during their stay in India?

3. What did the civil rights bill, signed on September 9, 1957, establish?

4. What New York governor ordered the National Guard to restore order to Rochester after riots broke out on July 25, 1964?

5. What happened to Dr. King as he was signing books on September 20, 1958?

(see the answer key)

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