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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the head of the Nation of Islam in 1960?
(a) Malik Zulu Shabazz.
(b) Louis Farrakhan.
(c) Qubilah Shabazz.
(d) Elijah Muhammad.

2. With whom from the NAACP did Dr. King argue regarding non-violent movement against racism?
(a) Michael Winds.
(b) Richard Kingston.
(c) Jonathon Sweenton.
(d) Robert Williams.

3. What major movement followed the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Sit-In Movement?
(a) March on Washington.
(b) Black Panther Movement.
(c) Freedom Ride.
(d) Freedom Summer.

4. What president announced the use of federal troops to escort nine children to high school in Arkansas?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Reagan.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Roosevelt.

5. What year was Mohandas Gandhi assassinated?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the date of Dr. King's first national address?

2. Dr. King reached out to his extensive religious contacts, including the National Baptist Convention, to organize what conference?

3. What city in Tennessee had a race riot on February 23, 1960?

4. What two organizations invited Dr. King to speak at the University of California at Berkeley on June 4, 1957?

5. When did the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) come into being?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," how did the African American's awareness of the struggle for freedom in a worldwide realm help to account for a new sense of dignity?

2. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what is the primary reason for bringing an end to racial discrimination?

3. What happened on December 5, 1955?

4. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why is racial injustice a national, and not a sectional, problem?

5. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did the march demonstrate to him?

6. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were second-class methods?

7. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," what would it take for the "master race" to civilize African Americans "to a degree"?

8. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why had some African Americans become cynical and disillusioned?

9. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," why did he think that white people thought blacks deserved (and enjoyed) second-class status?

10. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did the denial of the right to vote do to African Americans?

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