View a FREE sample

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

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) Thomas Byrnes.
(b) William Plinkerton.
(c) "Bull" Connor.
(d) William J. Bratton.

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 greatest apostle of peace.
(c) The only man to have single-handedly pushed equality in the right direction.
(d) The person responsible for the Freedom Movement.

3. What two cities had riots erupt on July 18, 1964?
(a) Dallas and St. Louis.
(b) Memphis and Birmingham.
(c) New York City and Charleston.
(d) Harlem and Brooklyn.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the cause of Dr. King's injury on September 20, 1958?

2. What is the date notated at the beginning of Chapter 3, "The Power of Nonviolence"?

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

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

5. When did the demonstrations in Selma, Alabama, reach their worst problems?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 266 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample