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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Dr. King deliver his last SCLC presidential address?
(a) December 5, 1967.
(b) October 28, 1975.
(c) August 16, 1967.
(d) January 1, 1970.

2. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what do the powerless never experience?
(a) Opportunity.
(b) Life.
(c) Commonality.
(d) Strength.

3. What national convention did Reverend A.D. Williams, Martin Luther King, Sr.'s, maternal grandfather, found?
(a) National Pastoral Convention.
(b) National Religious Convention.
(c) National Baptist Convention.
(d) National African American Convention.

4. On what date was President John F. Kennedy assassinated?
(a) December 5, 1955.
(b) August 28, 1963.
(c) November 22, 1963.
(d) July 19, 1957.

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

6. What must people of oppression accumulate to realize deliverance?
(a) The consciousness of a problem.
(b) The heart to want change.
(c) The right to enforce change.
(d) The power to enforce change.

7. At what meeting did Dr. King deliver his most historic and controversial statement tying the war and the Civil Rights Movement together?
(a) Living in Peace meeting.
(b) Bed-In for Peace at Fairmont.
(c) The meeting of the Clergy and Laity Concerned.
(d) The UN Charter.

8. What work did Dr. King publish, according to Chapter 11 ("I Have A Dream"), when he was considered the "prophet of the hour"?
(a) "I've Been to the Mountaintop."
(b) "Why We Can't Wait."
(c) "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life."
(d) "What Is Your Life's Blueprint?"

9. On what date did Dr. King give the sermon from Chapter 19: "The Drum Major Instinct" at Ebenezer Baptist Church?
(a) March 17, 1968.
(b) October 12, 1967.
(c) December 5, 1967.
(d) February 4, 1968.

10. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what is the "nettlesome task of Negros" today?
(a) How to prove that there is a need for change.
(b) How to show their importance.
(c) How to organize their strength.
(d) How to tell their story.

11. What street did Dr. King live on while growing up and while his father was pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church?
(a) Platter Avenue.
(b) Auburn Avenue.
(c) Hunter Drive.
(d) North Drive.

12. Who published Dr. King's book Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
(a) Viacom Inc.
(b) Harper Collins.
(c) Harper and Row.
(d) Random House.

13. How many people attended Dr. King's first anti-war demonstration?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) More than 5,000.
(d) 1,000.

14. How many people were arrested during the demonstrations in Selma, Alabama?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 3.

15. When did the war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union begin and end?
(a) 1955-2000.
(b) 1960-1970.
(c) 1909-1913.
(d) 1945-1987.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what date were excerpts from the sermon from Chapter 19: "The Drum Major Instinct" played for Dr. King's nationally televised funeral service?

3. When did Dr. King speak publicly in an anti-war demonstration?

4. What was the Nobel Peace Prize Committee looking for when they choose Dr. King as the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize?

5. What did President Eisenhower claim encouraged American military involvement around the globe?

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