View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many federal marshals were dispatched by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy?
(a) 200.
(b) 400.
(c) 600.
(d) 500.

2. In what magazine did Dr. King's famous series "How My Mind Has Changed" appear?
(a) Guideposts.
(b) Christian Century.
(c) Relevant.
(d) CCM.

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

4. On what date did the head of the Nation of Islam call upon African Americans to form a state of their own?
(a) July 31, 1960.
(b) July 4, 1960.
(c) January 1, 1960.
(d) December 5, 1960.

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

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

7. Where were the lunch counter sit-ins conducted on August 19 by the NAACP?
(a) California.
(b) Oklahoma City.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Mississippi.

8. How many students participated in the first march in Washington, D.C., supporting racial desegregation?
(a) 500.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

10. 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 "promise of intent."
(c) An "unpaid ticket."
(d) A "lottery ticket."

11. What were the dates of the demonstration at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?
(a) July 9 and 16, 1961.
(b) August 5 and 9, 1961.
(c) June 5 and 7, 1961.
(d) December 5 and 7, 1961.

12. When did the African nation of Ghana acquire its independence from British rule?
(a) September 9, 1955.
(b) March 6, 1957.
(c) December 1, 1955.
(d) April 9, 1956.

13. What was the name of the first African American to challenge interstate travel bans?
(a) Emmett Till.
(b) Stokely Carmichael.
(c) T. McCants Stewart.
(d) Thurgood Marshall.

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

15. Where did Martin Luther King, Jr., attend school to obtain his Bachelor of Divinity degree?
(a) Crozer Theological Seminary.
(b) Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
(c) Fuller Theological Seminary.
(d) Southern Baptist Seminary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major movement followed the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Sit-In Movement?

2. How many students were expelled on March 2, 1960, by the Alabama Board of Education?

3. Who went with Dr. and Mrs. King to India during their stay from February 2 to March 10, 1959?

4. What month did Dr. King address the First Annual Institute on Non-Violence and Social Change?

5. What is the date noted at the beginning of Chapter 4, "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools"?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 449 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample