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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: I Have a Dream (1955-64).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did King make his first major speech to the nation?
(a) May 17, 1957.
(b) August 12, 1971.
(c) July 4, 1943.
(d) January 31, 1961.

2. What Senator was declared as an open racist in Chapter 3?
(a) Moreland.
(b) Eastland.
(c) Dixon.
(d) Monroe.

3. According to Cone, who was the only person to point out the "past and current injustices of American society in relation to its inhabitants of African descent"?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

4. How many demands did the black community make of the Montgomery Bus company to stop the boycott?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

5. Who was the leader of the Montgomery bus boycott?
(a) Charlie Rose.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Dexter Probst.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the author and civil rights activist that spoke of "twoness"?

2. What book in the Bible states, "We are all one in Christ"?

3. What was the name of the 15-year-old high school student arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger before Rosa Parks did so?

4. What was the name of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s wife?

5. What did Malcolm copy from to teach himself to read and write?

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