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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. What two organizations invited Dr. King to speak at the University of California at Berkeley on June 4, 1957?
(a) NUL.
(b) YMCA and YWCA.
(c) MIA.
(d) NAACP.

2. Who were Dr. and Mrs. King guests of during their stay in India?
(a) Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
(b) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
(c) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
(d) Prime Minister Morarji Desai.

3. When did Dr. King celebrate his thirty-first (31) birthday?
(a) October 15, 1960.
(b) January 15, 1960.
(c) July 15, 1960.
(d) March 15, 1960.

4. How many students marched toward the Alabama State Capitol Building in Montgomery?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 1,500.

5. What book was Dr. King signing on September 20, 1958?
(a) Why We Can't Wait.
(b) The Measure of a Man.
(c) Strength to Love.
(d) Stride Toward Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Martin Luther King, Jr., ordained to the Christian ministry?

2. What happened to Dr. King as he was signing books on September 20, 1958?

3. What happened to James Farmer's bus as he was traveling from Washington, D.C., to the South?

4. How long did it take for Dr. King's address to students at Berkeley (1957) to be published?

5. What major movement followed the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Sit-In Movement?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were the successful precedents that showed that civil rights could be obtained peacefully?

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

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 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?

6. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were the problems associated with the shift from rural to urban life for African Americans?

7. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why did the young blacks need to begin to look at their future in a different light?

8. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did King describe as "the face of the future"?

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

10. In Chapter 4: "My Trip To the Land of Gandhi," Martin Luther King, Jr., described his fascination for India. Why did King hold a fascination for India?

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