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

2. What is the name of one of the African American leaders that argued for the African American need for self-respect and self-help?
(a) Marcus Garvey.
(b) Michael Schwerner.
(c) Ella Fitzgerald.
(d) Jonathon Swift.

3. Where did Dr. King deliver his last sermon?
(a) City Hall.
(b) Town square.
(c) A Baptist church.
(d) A Masonic temple.

4. Why did Dr. King admit that he felt depressed prior to giving the speech in Chapter 20: "I See the Promise Land"?
(a) Because of the violence and rioting that preceded the speech.
(b) Because he felt that no one was listening to him.
(c) Because he felt progress was not moving fast enough for him.
(d) Because he had a family member pass away.

5. What work did Dr. King publish, according to Chapter 11 ("I Have A Dream"), when he was considered the "prophet of the hour"?
(a) "Why We Can't Wait."
(b) "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life."
(c) "What Is Your Life's Blueprint?"
(d) "I've Been to the Mountaintop."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here," what "spawned" the Cold War?

2. According to Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here," what did political rightists accuse Dr. King?

3. When did Dr. King speak publicly in an anti-war demonstration?

4. What year was the atom bombed dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

5. What did Dr. King's article from Chapter 17: "Black Power Defined" discuss?

Short Essay Questions

1. In King's speech "Black Power Defined," King declared that the "economic highway to power has few entry lanes for Negroes." How did he explain the meaning behind this statement?

2. Why did Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X declare America a "sick society"?

3. According to King's speech "I Have A Dream," what can African Americans never be satisfied with?

4. What were the circumstances that surrounded King's "Eulogy for the Martyred Children"?

5. According to the summary in Chapter 19: "The Drum Major Instinct," what was the importance of the black church in the African American culture?

6. What prompted the Nobel Peace Prize committee to search for the "greatest apostle of peace" in 1964?

7. What was the reasoning behind King's speech on March 25, 1967?

8. Describe the circumstances surrounding King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

9. In King's speech "Where Do We Go From Here?," what did King mean by "as long as a mind is enslaved, the body can never be free"?

10. According to King's speech "I Have A Dream," who should be able to allow freedom to ring? Who did King include when he named the groups that should be allowed to "let freedom ring"?

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