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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 month did Dr. King address the First Annual Institute on Non-Violence and Social Change?
(a) December.
(b) June.
(c) September.
(d) April.

2. During what years did participation by African American churches in American public life surge?
(a) 1940-1950.
(b) 1930-1940.
(c) 1950-1960.
(d) 1960-1970.

3. Where did Dr. King attend college during his undergraduate studies?
(a) Rhodes College.
(b) Morehouse College.
(c) Birmingham-Southern College.
(d) Rollins College.

4. What did Dr. King plead with Americans not to default upon during his "I Have A Dream" speech?
(a) Completeness of pride and honor towards their nation.
(b) Indebtedness to the spirit and principle of democracy.
(c) Promise to move forward with equality.
(d) Promise to form a better nation.

5. When was the historic Brown vs. Topeka, Kansas Board of Education Supreme Court decision handed down?
(a) December 1, 1955.
(b) April 1, 1955.
(c) March 17, 1957.
(d) May 17, 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech, what does King say all Americans hold that is signed by the founders of the United States?

2. Who was the first black student to graduate from the high school in Arkansas on May 27, 1958?

3. What demonstration was held at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?

4. On what date was interstate traveling first challenged by an African American?

5. What are attempts to attack laws and customs that prohibited African Americans from eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians called?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What were the reasons that King's trip to India kept getting put off?

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

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

5. What was ironic about King's entry into the Crozer Theological Seminary in September of 1948?

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

7. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what would have happened in the United States if the country were to gain three million "southern Negro" votes?

8. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," why did many black men lose their self-respect?

9. What were the three reasons that blacks gave when asked why they did not expect the Montgomery Bus Boycott to succeed?

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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