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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. What was the name of the police chief who ordered his officers to turn hoses on demonstrators during the registration of black students at its state university?
(a) William J. Bratton.
(b) Thomas Byrnes.
(c) "Bull" Connor.
(d) William Plinkerton.

2. According to Chapter 12:"Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech," who was the great shaman of the Nation of Islam?
(a) Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Louis Farrakhan.
(d) Elijah Muhammad.

3. When was the first march supporting racial desegregation held in Washington, D.C.?
(a) December 5, 1955.
(b) October 25, 1955.
(c) October 25, 1958.
(d) December 5, 1957.

4. From whom did Dr. King say he learned about nonviolent resistance?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) Clarence Mitchell, Jr.
(c) Reverend Theodore J. Jemison.
(d) Martin Luther King, Sr.

5. Why did Dr. King submit his resignation as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) To devote himself full-time to the presidency of SCLC.
(b) To take care of his ailing grandmother.
(c) To go on a worldwide self-realization pilgrimage.
(d) Because of problems with his congregation.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Dr. King write the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?

2. When did the President remove the National Guard troops from the high school in Arkansas?

3. What laws did African American interstate travelers ignore during their public transportation across state lines?

4. What staff member from the SCLC helped young people from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to think for themselves?

5. Who went with Dr. and Mrs. King to India during their stay from February 2 to March 10, 1959?

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