Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Taylor Branch
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Taylor Branch
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Shades of Politics,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Moses drop out of graduate school?
(a) To care for his mother
(b) To become a Civil Right leader
(c) To travel
(d) To care for his father

2. What was Coretta Scott hoping to become after college?
(a) A housewife
(b) A classical singer
(c) An actress
(d) A song writer

3. How did taxi drivers try to help out the Negroes boycotting the buses?
(a) They lowered their fares
(b) They advertized the boycott
(c) They gave free rides
(d) They ran over police

4. What does King offer to Wyatt Tee Walker?
(a) Carrot cake
(b) The directorship of SCLC
(c) The preaching position at Dexter
(d) The Presidency of NAACP

5. What did King have to work on as well as working on church business?
(a) His autobiography
(b) His dissertation
(c) A series of paintings
(d) A novel

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a newspaper assign their reporter Tom Johnson to find out?

2. What did W.E.B Du Bois found?

3. What university did Du Bois work at?

4. In which government building does King meet Nixon?

5. What does Lewis write a list about for protesters?

(see the answer key)

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