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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: The Making of a Dreamer (1929-55).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Complete the following statement made by King: "Men often __________ each other because they _________ each other".
(a) Despise / do not know.
(b) Love / care about.
(c) Attack / fear.
(d) Hate / fear.

2. In what year was the Fugitive Slave Act passed?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1965.

3. Who was the author and civil rights activist that spoke of "twoness"?
(a) James Meredith.
(b) Dorothy Height.
(c) John O. Killens.
(d) W.E.B. DuBois.

4. On what date did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?
(a) August 28, 1963.
(b) October 26, 1975.
(c) September 14, 1954.
(d) July 1, 1984.

5. What religious affiliation was Martin Luther King, Jr. aligned with?
(a) Christian Integrationist.
(b) Marxist.
(c) Muslim Nationalist.
(d) Buddist Imperialist.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whose teachings did Martin Luther King, Jr. learn of successful nonviolent actions?

2. The Introduction claim that "blacks are Americans," given that they arrived before whom?

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. Whom did the Introduction claim was the greatest abolitionist since the founding of the republic?

5. How tall was Martin Luther King, Jr.?

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