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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. King indicated that what the world needed was a group of women and men willing to do what?
(a) Stand up for right, oppose wrong.
(b) Teach socialism, reject communism.
(c) Promote peace, oppose conflict.
(d) Preach moral spirituality, denounce sin.

2. When did King receive his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer Seminary?
(a) 8 May 1950.
(b) 8 May 1952.
(c) 8 May 1951.
(d) 8 May 1953.

3. King had been desirous of what for some years prior to his graduation from Crozer Seminary?
(a) Lecturing about his views around the nation.
(b) Teaching in a religious school, college.
(c) Counseling youths in a squalid urban slum.
(d) Providing social assistance to the needy.

4. On 25 October 1960, King's case was dropped for a sit-in a week prior, but he was taken to the state prison for violating probation of what?
(a) A previous concealed weapon offense.
(b) A previous parking offense.
(c) A previous unauthorized demonstration offense.
(d) A previous traffic offense.

5. When did King enter Boston University's School of Theology?
(a) 13 September 1950.
(b) 13 September 1951.
(c) 13 September 1953.
(d) 13 September 1952.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did King and other MIA leaders unsuccessfully meet with whites in an attempt to resolve the bus issue?

2. Although he never endorsed him, King felt Kennedy would make the better President for what reason?

3. How did King respond to President Kennedy's having called Coretta over Easter weekend?

4. On what date did King's attorney arrange his release from prison?

5. King was arrested on 16 December 1961 with how many other Albany protesters?

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