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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. Why were organizations such as NAACP and the NUL formed?

2. Where did Martin Luther King, Jr., attend school to obtain his Bachelor of Divinity degree?

3. Less than a week after the Youth March for Integrated Schools, a black youth was lynched. What was the name of this black youth?

4. Who was the first president of the Montgomery Improvement Association?

5. What is the date notated at the beginning of Chapter 3, "The Power of Nonviolence"?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did the march demonstrate to him?

2. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," what were blacks asking for as part of the "southern pattern"?

3. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were second-class methods?

4. What happened on December 5, 1955?

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

6. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what two fronts must the African American work on during the period of social change?

7. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," how did the African American's awareness of the struggle for freedom in a worldwide realm help to account for a new sense of dignity?

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

9. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what would "this generation" not take?

10. What was ironic about King's entry into the Crozer Theological Seminary in September of 1948?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Martin Luther King, Jr., wanted all African Americans to be able to sing "America" (My Country 'tis of Thee) and have it be true for them in the literal sense. (From Chapter 2: "Facing the Challenge of a New Age") According to Martin Luther King, Jr., what needed to happen for African Americans to be able to sing "America" and hold it true in their hearts?

Essay Topic 2

Many of the violent acts of the Civil Rights Movement were described without much detail. Explain why the specific details of these acts were left out of the book. Why do these omissions support the overall theme of "I Have A Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World"? How would the inclusion of the details take away from the power of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Martin Luther King, Jr., seemed to speak to the younger African Americans and have them join him in his fight for civil rights. Why do you believe that Dr. King targeted this specific audience? What was the significance of influencing students to take part in the non-violent fight for civil rights?

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