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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 two organizations invited Dr. King to speak at the University of California at Berkeley on June 4, 1957?

2. How many student demonstrators were arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 27, 1960?

3. What Illinois city approved a plan that prevented the erection of an interracial housing development on December 21, 1959?

4. What book was Dr. King signing on September 20, 1958?

5. Who was the cause of Dr. King's injury on September 20, 1958?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," why was it difficult for young people to realize the effectiveness of nonviolence in the Civil Rights Movement?

3. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were some of the factors that led to a new sense of self-respect on the part of the African American?

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

5. What happened on December 5, 1955?

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

7. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what is the primary reason for bringing an end to racial discrimination?

8. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why did the young blacks need to begin to look at their future in a different light?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the sermons/speeches used for I Have A Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World. Discuss the importance of the sermon/speech's inclusion. Why is it important to have this speech/sermon serving as part of the whole? Why did you choose this sermon/speech as the most important of the text?

Essay Topic 2

Dr. King was adamant about fighting for civil rights in a non-violent way. On the other hand, Robert Williams (Chapter 6; local president of the NAACP) choose violence as the way to freedom. Compare and contrast the non-violent and violent acts and their ability to work/or not towards the cause.

Essay Topic 3

Dr. King was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. The Nobel Peace Prize committee looked for the "greatest apostle of peace." Use evidence from I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World to support the Nobel Peace Prize committee's decision to honor Dr. King with the award and title "greatest apostle of peace."

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