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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. In 1964, what party was refused a seat by the Democratic National Convention?
(a) African American Republican Party.
(b) Whigs.
(c) Mississippi Freedom Party.
(d) Democratic Party Representing Minorities of America.

2. What is the name of the university where the SNCC was began?
(a) Wake Forrest University.
(b) Methodist University.
(c) Campbell University.
(d) Shaw University.

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

4. What president announced the use of federal troops to escort nine children to high school in Arkansas?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Reagan.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Roosevelt.

5. What was the name of one of the first integrated group of interstate travelers that later served as Dr. King's chief strategists?
(a) Emmett Till.
(b) Bayard Rustin.
(c) Louis Farrakhan.
(d) Reverend Oliver Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Dr. King celebrate his thirty-first (31) birthday?

2. What year was considered a momentous year in American history and in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

3. What was the name of the march during which Dr. King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech?

4. What was the name of the first African American to challenge interstate travel bans?

5. Why was Dr. King in jail while writing the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?

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