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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24: The Nobel Peace Prize, Chapter 25: Malcolm X, Chapter 26: Selma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Following a press conference at the U.S. Senate, when was the only encounter King had with Malcolm X?
(a) On 16 May 1964.
(b) On 6 June 1964.
(c) On 26 March 1964.
(d) On 5 April 1964.

2. In the chapter about the Nobel Prize, King described his view of airline personnel and ranked which members as foremost?
(a) The ground crew.
(b) The flight attendants.
(c) The pilots.
(d) The co-pilots.

3. What happened when white police officers initially arrested King in Montgomery?
(a) They took him to jail and threatened to kil him.
(b) They took him to jail where segregation persisted.
(c) They took him to jail where he was physically beaten.
(d) They took him to jail and refused to release him.

4. What happened when King's home was bombed?
(a) King purchased a handgun for protection.
(b) King denied an offer of bodyguards for protection.
(c) The Police Commissioner stated he brought the bombing on himself.
(d) The Kings sustained only minor injuries.

5. What were among the false rumors spread about King?
(a) He accepted donations he used for himself.
(b) He gambled, abused alcohol, used drugs.
(c) He frequented nightclubs, strip joints.
(d) He purchased a brand-new Cadillac, Buick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What point did King stress to soon to be graduating students at a march on 18 April 1959?

2. On what date did King call for a Day of Penance to atone for an outbreak of racial violence in Albany?

3. On 17 February 1960, King was charged with falsifying his Alabama income tax records for what years?

4. When was Rosa Parks arrested?

5. An integrated dinner on 27 January 1965 that honored King was held where?

(see the answer key)

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