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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the 37-year-old NAACP field secretary murdered on his front porch on June 12, 1963?
(a) Medgar Evans.
(b) William Pickens.
(c) Robert Bagnall.
(d) W.E.B. Du Bois.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What years did Frederick Douglas live?
(a) 1909-1969.
(b) 1922-1989.
(c) 1817-1895.
(d) 1895-1946.

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

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

12. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what is the goal of a relationship with the government for African Americans?
(a) To chastise the government into helping them.
(b) To stop the unnecessary deaths of African Americans.
(c) Having the government see African Americans as inarguably equal.
(d) The government finding it unwise and prudent to collaborate with African Americans.

13. What was the name of the police chief who ordered his officers to turn hoses on demonstrators during the registration of black students at its state university?
(a) William J. Bratton.
(b) "Bull" Connor.
(c) Thomas Byrnes.
(d) William Plinkerton.

14. What war began to take precedence over the Civil Rights Movement given that military presence was needed?
(a) WW II.
(b) WW I.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) The Vietnam War.

15. According to Chapter 16 "A Time To Break Silence," who did the United States find it "easier to engage in warfare" as opposed to the Soviet Union?
(a) The Koreans.
(b) People of color.
(c) The citizens of the U.S.
(d) The French.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who began to question President Eisenhower's commitment to more troops in Vietnam?

2. According to the footnotes on Chapter 20: "I See the Promise Land," who is Judge Hooks?

3. What New York governor ordered the National Guard to restore order to Rochester after riots broke out on July 25, 1964?

4. What kind of testing was banned on February 4, 1965, used to deny rights to vote?

5. How old was Dr. King when he was assassinated?

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