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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17: The Birmingham Campaign, Chapter 18: Letter from Birmingham Jail.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It was primarily under Edgar S. Brightman and L. Harold DeWolf that King studied what?
(a) Personalistic philosophy.
(b) Calvinistic philosophy.
(c) Socialistic philosophy.
(d) Christian theology.

2. King called Reverend Theodore Jemison for assistance as he had previously led a bus boycott where?
(a) Birmingham, Alabama.
(b) Jackson, Mississippi.
(c) Charleston, South Carolina.
(d) Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

3. When was Rosa Parks arrested?
(a) 1 December 1955.
(b) 26 November 1955.
(c) 6 December 1955.
(d) 20 November 1955.

4. King was arrested on 12 April 1963 for violation of an injunction against protesting by which Court?
(a) The Municipal Court.
(b) The state's Supreme Court.
(c) The state's Circuit Court.
(d) The County Court.

5. When did the U.S. Supreme Court declare segregation laws unconstitutional?
(a) October, 1956.
(b) November, 1956.
(c) September, 1956.
(d) December, 1956.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In a paper submitted at Crozer Seminary, King indicated he had nearly despaired over _______'s power to resolve social problems.

3. What did King identify as the three remaining steps in any nonviolent campaign once an assessment of whether injustices existed has been determined?

4. How did King respond to President Eisenhower's use of force when integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?

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

(see the answer key)

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