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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 was the ethnicity of the people who attended the anti-war demonstration that Dr. King led?
(a) Hispanic, black, and white.
(b) White only.
(c) Black only.
(d) Black and white.

2. How many people attended Dr. King's first anti-war demonstration?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) More than 5,000.
(d) 1,000.

3. According to the footnotes on Chapter 20: "I See the Promise Land," what position did Judge Hooks hold in the NAACP?
(a) National Director.
(b) Vice-President.
(c) Executive Director.
(d) Regional Director.

4. What war began to take precedence over the Civil Rights Movement given that military presence was needed?
(a) WW I.
(b) WW II.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) The Vietnam War.

5. Why did the West fear the USSR?
(a) Because of the influence of the USSR's leaders throughout the world.
(b) Because of the fear of the re-establishment of slavery.
(c) Because of the possible spread of communism throughout the world.
(d) Because of the use of communistic law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of African Americans registered in Alabama voted in Alabama's Democratic Primary?

2. What work did Dr. King publish, according to Chapter 11 ("I Have A Dream"), when he was considered the "prophet of the hour"?

3. What memorial was the background for Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech?

4. According to Chapter 19: "The Drum Major Instinct," what were considered the religious parents of the African American culture?

5. What national convention did Reverend A.D. Williams, Martin Luther King, Sr.'s, maternal grandfather, found?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

2. 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?

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

4. Why did Martin Luther King, Jr., describe Americans as "strange liberators" in "A Time to Break Silence"?

5. According to the summary in the introduction of Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here?", what were the circumstances that surrounded King's last and most radical address to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference presidential address?

6. According to King's speech "I Have A Dream," the song "America" needed to be sung, and believed, by all that sang it. Name three things that King wanted freedom to ring from.

7. According to King's speech "A Time to Break Silence," who was the most "vicious modern dictator"?

8. What did Martin Luther King, Jr., claim needed to be done to begin America's extraction from the war in Vietnam?

9. In 1967, as summarized in the introduction of Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here?," Martin Luther King, Jr., felt caught between two distinct groups for very different reasons. Who did King feel caught between and why?

10. In his speech "Where Do We Go From Here?", Martin Luther King, Jr. stated that the United States mishandled money in regard to its own people. According to King, how did the United States misappropriate funds?

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