Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose philosophy does Harris Wofford follow?
(a) Kafka
(b) Gandhi
(c) Nietzsche
(d) Marx

2. Who is the candidate for the Republicans in the 1960 presidential election?
(a) Lyndon Johnson
(b) Gerald Ford
(c) Richard Nixon
(d) Robert Kennedy

3. In what newspaper does Rustin run an ad to help Martin Luther King?
(a) The New York Times
(b) The Chicago Tribune
(c) The San Francisco Chronicle
(d) The Los Angeles Times

4. Who does Rockefeller name Morehouse College after?
(a) Dr. Henry Morehouse
(b) Richard Morehouse
(c) Dr. House
(d) Thomas More

5. Why is the girl unsuitable for public scrutiny?
(a) The KKK are threatening her
(b) She is too young
(c) She is mentally disturbed
(d) She is pregnant

6. What did Johns like to talk about in his sermons?
(a) Racial discrimination
(b) World War II
(c) Baseball
(d) Africa

7. What does King's speech stress the importance of?
(a) Equality
(b) Non-violence
(c) Justice and love
(d) Patience

8. What does the police commissioner call the taxi drivers?
(a) A taxicab army
(b) Enemies of the state
(c) Nigger lovers
(d) Christian men

9. What did the Dexter Avenue Church find it difficult to find?
(a) A church
(b) Suitable preachers
(c) Funding
(d) A congregation

10. Who does Kennedy select as his running mate?
(a) Robert Kennedy
(b) James Fox
(c) Jimmy Carter
(d) Lyndon Johnson

11. What does John Lewis go to the restaurant to eat?
(a) Hamburgers
(b) Fired chicken
(c) Boiled chicken
(d) Steaks

12. What did a group of Negroes form in 1877?
(a) Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
(b) SNCC
(c) Maryland Baptist Group
(d) Black Power

13. What do the police convict Rosa Parks of?
(a) Dealing drugs
(b) Drinking in a public place
(c) Breaking segregation laws
(d) Promoting Communism

14. What does John share with the judge?
(a) A mistress
(b) A love of classical history
(c) A house
(d) A love of baseball

15. What did Truman desegregate in the Forties?
(a) The armed forces
(b) Government
(c) Major cities
(d) Restaurants

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Daddy King want Martin Luther King, Jr. to marry?

2. What does the Atlanta Female Baptist Seminary change their name to?

3. What did Johns begin to sell on the streets?

4. What does Robinson's letter call to boycott?

5. What do organizers call the march on Washington?

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