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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What movement involved civil rights activists who sought to challenge religious segregation?
(a) Sit-in.
(b) Choice-in.
(c) Pray-in.
(d) Free-ins.

2. 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 Martin Luther King?"
(d) "Are you crazy?"

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. What city in Tennessee had a race riot on February 23, 1960?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Bristol.
(d) Chattanooga.

5. What book was Dr. King signing on September 20, 1958?
(a) Why We Can't Wait.
(b) Strength to Love.
(c) Stride Toward Freedom.
(d) The Measure of a Man.

6. Why was Dr. King in jail while writing the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?
(a) Participating in a conference for racial equality.
(b) Participating in civil rights demonstrations.
(c) Eating with a white man at a "White Only" diner.
(d) Riding on an interstate bus with other activists.

7. What president ordered federal marshals dispatched by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

8. What happened to Dr. King as he was signing books on September 20, 1958?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He was stabbed.
(c) He was verbally assaulted.
(d) He was punched.

9. What did white racists bomb on September, 9 1957?
(a) Dr. King's home.
(b) Hattie Cotton Elementary School.
(c) Montgomery Bus Headquarters.
(d) The conference site for the MIA.

10. What did Dr. King plead with Americans not to default upon during his "I Have A Dream" speech?
(a) Promise to form a better nation.
(b) Promise to move forward with equality.
(c) Completeness of pride and honor towards their nation.
(d) Indebtedness to the spirit and principle of democracy.

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

12. Who went with Dr. and Mrs. King to India during their stay from February 2 to March 10, 1959?
(a) Dr. David T. Bauer.
(b) Dr. John P. Oswalt.
(c) Dr. Lawrence D. Reddick.
(d) Dr. Brian S. Edgar

13. During what years did participation by African American churches in American public life surge?
(a) 1940-1950.
(b) 1930-1940.
(c) 1950-1960.
(d) 1960-1970.

14. What major movement followed the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Sit-In Movement?
(a) Freedom Ride.
(b) Black Panther Movement.
(c) Freedom Summer.
(d) March on Washington.

15. What happened to James Farmer's bus as he was traveling from Washington, D.C., to the South?
(a) It was bombed and burned.
(b) It was disabled (engine tampering) by white activists.
(c) It was painted during an overnight stop to look like a Dixie flag.
(d) It was run off of the road by the KKK.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dr. King, during his first national address, why were inhabitants of the twentieth century privileged?

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

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

4. What county, on June 26, 1959, closed its entire school system rather than allow integration?

5. With whom from the NAACP did Dr. King argue regarding non-violent movement against racism?

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