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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take for Dr. King's address to students at Berkeley (1957) to be published?
(a) One year.
(b) One week.
(c) Two years.
(d) One month.

2. What Democratic presidential candidate was running against Richard Nixon in 1960?
(a) John Kennedy.
(b) Harry S. Truman.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

3. What two organizations denounced violent actions relating to desegregation acts?
(a) NAACP and SCLC.
(b) SCLC and MIA.
(c) NAACP and BCA.
(d) MIA and BCA.

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

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

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

7. With whom from the NAACP did Dr. King argue regarding non-violent movement against racism?
(a) Richard Kingston.
(b) Michael Winds.
(c) Jonathon Sweenton.
(d) Robert Williams.

8. What was the name of the high school that nine black children attended under surveillance of federal troops, in Arkansas?
(a) Central High School.
(b) Centralia West High School.
(c) Triad High School.
(d) Wesclin High School.

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

10. Who were the primary people who led the movement exemplified by eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians?
(a) African American men.
(b) African American women.
(c) African American business-persons.
(d) African American college students.

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

12. What famous black child psychologist embraced the liberal idea that where there is no equal opportunity to succeed there can be no social equality?
(a) Dr. Joseph M. Dryers.
(b) Dr. Daniel N. Meyers.
(c) Dr. Kenneth B. Clark.
(d) Dr. Terrance P. Patrick.

13. When did Dr. King write the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?
(a) May 28, 1955.
(b) October 3, 1959.
(c) April 16, 1963.
(d) June 24, 1957.

14. What is the date noted at the beginning of Chapter 4, "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools"?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1960.

15. What demonstration was held at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?
(a) Wade-in.
(b) Swim-in.
(c) Sit-in-sand.
(d) Towel-in.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many students participated in the first march in Washington, D.C., supporting racial desegregation?

3. How many federal marshals were dispatched by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy?

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

5. When associated with the Civil Rights Movement, what did demonstrators consider their arrests?

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