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

2. At what meeting did Dr. King deliver his most historic and controversial statement tying the war and the Civil Rights Movement together?
(a) The UN Charter.
(b) Living in Peace meeting.
(c) Bed-In for Peace at Fairmont.
(d) The meeting of the Clergy and Laity Concerned.

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

4. When did Dr. King deliver his last, and greatest, sermon?
(a) April 5, 1968.
(b) April 3, 1968.
(c) March 3, 1968.
(d) May 3, 1968.

5. Despite opposition, what two universities did President John F. Kennedy authorize federal marshals to accompany black students to registration?
(a) Universities of Florida and Louisiana.
(b) Universities of Mississippi and Alabama.
(c) Universities of North and South Carolina.
(d) Universities of Georgia and Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Nobel Peace Prize Committee looking for when they choose Dr. King as the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize?

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?

3. Who claimed that the victims of the American military were often people of color?

4. In 1964, what party was refused a seat by the Democratic National Convention?

5. In what year was Dr. King's book Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community published?

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. According the introduction of Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here?", what happened in the United States during the Cold War to upset the Civil Rights Movement?

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

5. What did King, in his speech "A Time to Break Silence," claim the Vietnamese watched Americans do during the Vietnam War?

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. 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.

10. 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?

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