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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose vote does Robert Kennedy worry his brother is losing?

3. What does Crozier Theological Seminary have in its basement rec room?

4. Where does Bevel stage protests?

5. Where is Hartsfield the mayor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the Dialectical Society King starts at Boston College.

2. How did Reverend Williams benefit from the education provided at Morehouse College?

3. How did the Rockefellers become involved with the Atlanta Female Baptist Seminary?

4. How does King's Civil Rights work affect his preaching?

5. How does King find the task of writing a book?

6. How does Belafonte prove a good running mate for Kennedy?

7. How do sit-ins start to become popular across the country?

8. Why is Robert Kennedy furious that his brother contacts Coretta King?

9. How does King change Dexter church?

10. What dilemma did King's relationship with Betty pose?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the book.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Examine the way Branch uses other people in the story to express her ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the demonstrations Branch describes in the book and examine how impact this event had on the Civil Rights Movements as a whole. What was the public's initial reaction to the demonstration? What media attention did it receive?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Branch's writing style. How would you describe his prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Branch's style give to his story?

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