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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. Despite opposition, what two universities did President John F. Kennedy authorize federal marshals to accompany black students to registration?
2. What did Dr. King's article from Chapter 17: "Black Power Defined" discuss?
3. On what date did Dr. King accept his Nobel Peace Prize?
4. Where did Dr. King speak publicly in an anti-war demonstration?
5. On what date was the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 signed?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to King's speech "A Time to Break Silence," what change did America make in effort to "quell the insurgency that Diem's methods had aroused"?
2. Describe the circumstances surrounding King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
3. In "A Time to Break Silence," what did King claim was the irony behind the war in Vietnam?
4. Martin Luther King, Jr., stated five dreams during his "I Have A Dream" speech. What were three of his "dreams"?
5. What prompted the Nobel Peace Prize committee to search for the "greatest apostle of peace" in 1964?
6. What did King, in his speech "A Time to Break Silence," claim the Vietnamese watched Americans do during the Vietnam War?
7. In King's speech "Black Power Defined," King declared that the "economic highway to power has few entry lanes for Negroes." How did he explain the meaning behind this statement?
8. What did Martin Luther King, Jr., claim needed to be done to begin America's extraction from the war in Vietnam?
9. In King's speech "Where Do We Go From Here?", what did Martin Luther King, Jr., claim was the creed of the Negro's self-affirmation?
10. During the delivery of King's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in 1964, he declared some "refusals." What were the two refusals that King put forth during his speech?
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 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."
Essay Topic 3
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?
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