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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Cold War, what were civil rights activists accused of being?
(a) Communists.
(b) Desperate.
(c) Loyalists.
(d) Unappreciative and un-American.

2. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what do the "powerful" never lose?
(a) Chances.
(b) Opportunities.
(c) Themselves.
(d) War.

3. 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 North and South Carolina.
(c) Universities of Florida and Louisiana.
(d) Universities of Mississippi and Alabama.

4. What year was the atom bombed dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1945.

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

6. On what date was the church bombed that killed the little girls where Dr. King delivered the funeral sermon?
(a) September 15, 1963.
(b) December 5, 1955.
(c) October 17, 1960.
(d) June 17, 1956.

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

8. Who did Dr. King go to help in Memphis, Tennessee, during a strike against unfair labor practices?
(a) African American dock loaders.
(b) African American sanitation workers.
(c) African American factory linesmen.
(d) African American farm workers.

9. Who claimed that the victims of the American military were often people of color?
(a) Dr. King.
(b) President Eisenhower.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) W.E.B. DuBois.

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

11. 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) The UN Charter.
(c) Bed-In for Peace at Fairmont.
(d) The meeting of the Clergy and Laity Concerned.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What year was the Ebenezer Baptist church formed?

3. What national convention did Reverend A.D. Williams, Martin Luther King, Sr.'s, maternal grandfather, found?

4. According to Chapter 12:"Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech," who was the great shaman of the Nation of Islam?

5. Where did Dr. King deliver his last SCLC presidential address?

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