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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here," what did political rightists accuse Dr. King?
(a) Being to forward thinking.
(b) Being unpatriotic.
(c) Being too supportive.
(d) Being too patriotic.

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

3. According to Chapter 20: "I See the Promised Land," what did Dr. King have a deep sense of?
(a) Common ideals.
(b) Religious vocation.
(c) Hidden agendas.
(d) American pride.

4. According to Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here," what did political leftists accuse Dr. King?
(a) Being too educated.
(b) Being too cautious.
(c) Being too superior.
(d) Being too forward.

5. On what date did Dr. King accept his Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) December 10, 1964.
(b) January 30, 1964.
(c) June 11, 1964.
(d) October 16, 1964.

6. What New York governor ordered the National Guard to restore order to Rochester after riots broke out on July 25, 1964?
(a) W. Averell Harriman.
(b) Malcolm Wilson.
(c) Thomas E. Dewey.
(d) Nelson Rockefeller.

7. What was found on a farm near Philadelphia, Mississippi, on August 4, 1964?
(a) Three dead bodies of civil rights workers.
(b) Anti-equality propaganda in the form of a barn painting.
(c) An unfinished speech written by Dr. King.
(d) A lynched black man.

8. When did Dr. King speak publicly in an anti-war demonstration?
(a) October 25, 1967.
(b) April 25, 1967.
(c) March 25, 1967.
(d) June 25, 1967.

9. Why did the West fear the USSR?
(a) Because of the influence of the USSR's leaders throughout the world.
(b) Because of the use of communistic law.
(c) Because of the fear of the re-establishment of slavery.
(d) Because of the possible spread of communism throughout the world.

10. 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) December 5, 1967.
(c) February 4, 1968.
(d) October 12, 1967.

11. What percentage of African Americans registered in Alabama voted in Alabama's Democratic Primary?
(a) 50 percent.
(b) 20 percent.
(c) Over 80 percent.
(d) Over 95 percent.

12. Despite opposition, what two universities did President John F. Kennedy authorize federal marshals to accompany black students to registration?
(a) Universities of Georgia and Ohio.
(b) Universities of Mississippi and Alabama.
(c) Universities of North and South Carolina.
(d) Universities of Florida and Louisiana.

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

14. Where did Dr. King deliver his most historic and controversial statement tying the war and the Civil Rights Movement together?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) New York City.
(d) Memphis.

15. What was the name of the war primarily between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?
(a) The Russian-American War.
(b) The Cold War.
(c) The Russian Conflict.
(d) The Cold Conflict.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Dr. King deliver his most historic and controversial statement tying the war and the Civil Rights Movement together?

2. What is the name of one of the African American leaders that argued for the African American need for self-respect and self-help?

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

4. What church was bombed that led Dr. King to deliver a sermon at the funeral of the little girls killed during the bombing?

5. What year did Martin Luther King, Sr., die?

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