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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) Choice-in.
(b) Free-ins.
(c) Sit-in.
(d) Pray-in.

2. How many student demonstrators were arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 27, 1960?
(a) 400.
(b) 300.
(c) 100.
(d) 200.

3. Who was the first black student to graduate from the high school in Arkansas on May 27, 1958?
(a) Charles K. Steele.
(b) Stokeley Carmichael.
(c) Ernest Green.
(d) Fred Shuttlesworth.

4. 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.

5. How old was Martin Luther King, Jr., when Gandhi was assassinated?
(a) 17.
(b) 18.
(c) 19.
(d) 20.

6. When was the first march supporting racial desegregation held in Washington, D.C.?
(a) October 25, 1958.
(b) October 25, 1955.
(c) December 5, 1955.
(d) December 5, 1957.

7. What date did the Montgomery buses become integrated?
(a) December 21, 1956.
(b) October 21, 1956.
(c) December 21, 1957.
(d) October 21, 1957.

8. When did the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) come into being?
(a) April 15-17, 1960.
(b) December 1-3, 1959.
(c) December 1-3, 1964.
(d) April 15-17, 1965.

9. When did Dr. King celebrate his thirty-first (31) birthday?
(a) October 15, 1960.
(b) March 15, 1960.
(c) July 15, 1960.
(d) January 15, 1960.

10. What was the date of Dr. King's first national address?
(a) October 17, 1959.
(b) May 17, 1957.
(c) August 17, 1955.
(d) September 17, 1956.

11. 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) Reverend Oliver Brown.
(c) Louis Farrakhan.
(d) Bayard Rustin.

12. 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) "Are you crazy?"
(c) "Is this your book?"
(d) "Are you Martin Luther King?"

13. In Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech, what does King say all Americans hold that is signed by the founders of the United States?
(a) A "promissory note."
(b) A "lottery ticket."
(c) An "unpaid ticket."
(d) A "promise of intent."

14. Less than a week after the Youth March for Integrated Schools, a black youth was lynched. What was the name of this black youth?
(a) Marcus Garvey.
(b) Clarence Mitchell, Jr.
(c) Ernest Green.
(d) Mack Parker.

15. What does NUL stand for?
(a) Ninth Unity League.
(b) Necessary Under Law.
(c) National Uniform League.
(d) National Urban League.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Illinois city approved a plan that prevented the erection of an interracial housing development on December 21, 1959?

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

3. What were the dates of the demonstration at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?

4. What religious journal contained a summary of Dr. King's book Stride Toward Freedom?

5. Who was the first president of the Montgomery Improvement Association?

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