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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 16- Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first president of the Montgomery Improvement Association?
(a) Melba Patillo Beals.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr.

2. When did the Montgomery Bus boycott begin?
(a) December 1, 1965.
(b) December 5, 1955.
(c) October 1, 1965.
(d) October 1, 1955.

3. What is the date noted at the beginning of Chapter 4, "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools"?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1960.

4. What did the assailant ask Dr. King right before his assault on September 20, 1958?
(a) "Are you responsible for all this civil rights nonsense?"
(b) "Is this your book?"
(c) "Are you crazy?"
(d) "Are you Martin Luther King?"

5. What year was Mohandas Gandhi assassinated?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What work did Dr. King publish, according to Chapter 11 ("I Have A Dream"), when he was considered the "prophet of the hour"?

3. What was the broad strategy of the Black Power Movement?

4. What was the date that Dr. King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech?

5. What famous black child psychologist embraced the liberal idea that where there is no equal opportunity to succeed there can be no social equality?

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