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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to the footnotes on Chapter 20: "I See the Promise Land," what position did Judge Hooks hold in the NAACP?
(a) Executive Director.
(b) National Director.
(c) Vice-President.
(d) Regional Director.

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

5. Where did Dr. King deliver his last sermon?
(a) A Masonic temple.
(b) A Baptist church.
(c) Town square.
(d) City Hall.

6. Who was murdered on February 21, 1965, in New York City?
(a) Phoolan Devi.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Michael Schwerner.
(d) James Chaney.

7. In what year was Dr. King's book Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community published?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1970.

8. What is the name of one of the African American leaders that argued for the African American need for self-respect and self-help?
(a) Jonathon Swift.
(b) Marcus Garvey.
(c) Ella Fitzgerald.
(d) Michael Schwerner.

9. Where did Dr. King accept his Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Oslo, Norway.
(c) Madrid, Spain.
(d) Halmstad, Sweden.

10. Who introduced Dr. King for his last and final sermon?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Stokely Carmichael.
(c) Michael Schwerner.
(d) Ralph Abernathy.

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

12. What magazine did Dr. King's article from Chapter 17: "Black Power Defined" appear in?
(a) Harper's Review.
(b) Reader's Digest.
(c) Time Magazine.
(d) New York Times Magazine.

13. In what city did Dr. King deliver his last sermon?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Memphis.

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

15. What was the broad strategy of the Black Power Movement?
(a) Equality of women.
(b) African American solidarity.
(c) Reclaiming of American land.
(d) Educating whites on the power of African Americans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the true goal of the Black Power Movement?

3. Despite the Civil Rights Act of 1964, what were African Americans still denied in some parts of the South?

4. What was the name of the 37-year-old NAACP field secretary murdered on his front porch on June 12, 1963?

5. What were Dr. King's political sentiments?

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