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

2. What year was the atom bombed dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1945.

3. On what date did the head of the Nation of Islam call upon African Americans to form a state of their own?
(a) December 5, 1960.
(b) July 31, 1960.
(c) January 1, 1960.
(d) July 4, 1960.

4. How many people were arrested during the demonstrations in Selma, Alabama?
(a) 3.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 500.

5. Where did Martin Luther King, Jr., attend school to obtain his Bachelor of Divinity degree?
(a) Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
(b) Crozer Theological Seminary.
(c) Southern Baptist Seminary.
(d) Fuller Theological Seminary.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 12:"Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech," who was the great shaman of the Nation of Islam?

2. What demonstration was held at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?

3. On what date did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus?

4. What was the date of Dr. King's first national address?

5. On what date was President John F. Kennedy assassinated?

(see the answer key)

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