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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In front of which U.S. President did Martin Luther King, Jr. first speak about the "American Dream"?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) Ford.

2. What was the North described as during the "antebellum" period?
(a) Canaan.
(b) White.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Eden.

3. What faith shaped King's idea of God?
(a) The faith of the "black experience".
(b) The faith of "humanity".
(c) The faith of the "black man in America".
(d) The faith of "Christianity".

4. What did Malcolm call Martin Luther King, Jr. because of the whites naming him as the "leader of the blacks"?
(a) "A religious Uncle Tom."
(b) "A traitor."
(c) "A misnomer."
(d) "A hater of the black movement."

5. In what year was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1929.

6. What book in the Bible states, "We are all one in Christ"?
(a) Galations.
(b) Psalms.
(c) Peter.
(d) Matthew.

7. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. become pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1946.

8. How many days did the Montgomery bus boycott last?
(a) 217.
(b) 198.
(c) 436.
(d) 381.

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

10. From where did Martin Luther King, Jr. derive the expression the "American Dream"?
(a) The Constitution and the Koran.
(b) The Declaration of Independence and the Bible.
(c) The Bible and Gospel songs.
(d) His teachers at school.

11. To which biblical person was Martin Luther King, Jr. compared?
(a) Adam.
(b) Judas.
(c) Moses.
(d) Abraham.

12. What was the South described as during the "antebellum" period?
(a) Backwards.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Hell.

13. What tradition did King's faith follow in Christianity?
(a) Midwestern Baptist.
(b) Southern Baptist.
(c) Black Baptist.
(d) Black Christian.

14. Who was considered the most effective missionary of the Nation of Islam?
(a) Elijah Muhammad.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Wallace D. Fard Muhammad.
(d) Louis Farrakhan.

15. What incident in 1957 brought Malcolm to the attention of the larger black community, especially in Harlem?
(a) The Montgomery Bus Boycott incident.
(b) The Jack Rosdale incident.
(c) The Lyndon Johnson incident.
(d) The Hinton Johnson incident.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many objectives did King announce for the role of blacks in the movement?

2. What was the name of the weekly column that Malcolm wrote for African-American newspapers?

3. What soda company used King's use of dreaming in their advertising?

4. What city was known as the "Cradle of the Confederacy"?

5. Complete the following statement made by King: "Men often __________ each other because they _________ each other".

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