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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month did Dr. King address the First Annual Institute on Non-Violence and Social Change?

2. On what date did the head of the Nation of Islam call upon African Americans to form a state of their own?

3. During what years did participation by African American churches in American public life surge?

4. On what date did Dr. King submit his resignation as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?

5. Who went with Dr. and Mrs. King to India during their stay from February 2 to March 10, 1959?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," how are the extreme race relations of the South explained?

3. 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?

4. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why had some African Americans become cynical and disillusioned?

5. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were the successful precedents that showed that civil rights could be obtained peacefully?

6. When Rosa Parks was asked why she did not move from her seat on the bus, what did she answer?

7. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," there were eight descriptions of the "New Negro." What were three of the eight of the descriptions?

8. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did the denial of the right to vote do to African Americans?

9. What happened on December 5, 1955?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. King asked a student (from Chapter 9: "The Time For Freedom Has Come") to find a quotation that expressed his feelings regard the African American struggle. This was the quote:

"I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see,

I sought my God, but he eluded me,

I sought my brother, and I found all three."

Describe how this student's quote reveals the effort behind the Civil Rights Movement. What does the quote mean? How does it speak to the movement itself? How does the quote embody a movement that requires solidarity?

Essay Topic 2

What role did Martin Luther King, Jr., have in the Civil Rights Movement? What were his titles and his involvement within each title? How did King use his influence to possess each leadership role?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Martin Luther King, Jr.'s motivation for participating in the Civil Rights Movement. Why did he find it necessary to take on such a major role in the movement? How did he qualify as the leader of such a movement?

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