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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. Where did Dr. King accept his Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) Oslo, Norway.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Halmstad, Sweden.
(d) Madrid, Spain.

2. On what date were excerpts from the sermon from Chapter 19: "The Drum Major Instinct" played for Dr. King's nationally televised funeral service?
(a) April 9, 1968.
(b) October 19, 1968.
(c) June 9, 1968.
(d) February 19, 1968.

3. On what date did Dr. King deliver his most historic and controversial statement tying the war and the Civil Rights Movement together?
(a) April 4, 1967.
(b) December 5, 1967.
(c) May 4, 1967.
(d) January 1, 1967.

4. According to Chapter 19: "The Drum Major Instinct," what were considered the religious parents of the African American culture?
(a) Pastors.
(b) Black churches.
(c) Prayer meetings.
(d) Mission work.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date was the church bombed that killed the little girls where Dr. King delivered the funeral sermon?

2. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what is the goal of a relationship with the government for African Americans?

3. What year was the Ebenezer Baptist church formed?

4. What was Stokely Carmichael's slogan in gaining the presidency of the SNCC on May 16, 1966?

5. What must people of oppression accumulate to realize deliverance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference make their motto "To save the soul of America"?

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

3. In King's speech "Where Do We Go From Here?", why did Martin Luther King, Jr., claim that the Negro had been "confined to the life of voicelessness and powerlessness"?

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

5. During the delivery of King's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in 1964, what were three of the eight "beliefs" King spoke of?

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

7. During the delivery of King's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in 1964, he declared some "refusals." What were the two refusals that King put forth during his speech?

8. What did Martin Luther King, Jr., claim to be ironic about America's tension with the National Liberation Front?

9. Why did political rightists, described in the introduction of Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here?," claim that Martin Luther King, Jr., was unpatriotic?

10. According to King's speech "Where Do We Go From Here?", what is the only answer to mankind's problems?

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