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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 spoke at the founding conference of what organization on 15 April 1960?
(a) The Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO).
(b) The Alabama Council on Human Relations (ACHR).
(c) The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
(d) The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA).

2. When did King and other civil rights leaders meet with Eisenhower?
(a) 23 August 1957.
(b) 23 August 1958.
(c) 23 June 1958.
(d) 23 June 1957.

3. When did King receive his doctorate from Boston University?
(a) 5 June 1953.
(b) 5 June 1956.
(c) 5 June 1955.
(d) 5 June 1954.

4. How long did King have to prepare what he considered the most important speech of his life?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 1 hour.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. King and Abernathy were convicted on 10 July 1962 of leading the Albany protest and began serving __________.

2. When did a Montgomery Grand Jury indict King and others on an antiboycott law?

3. 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?

4. Which social philosopher did King stipulate left an indelible imprint on his thinking?

5. When did the U.S. Supreme Court declare segregation laws unconstitutional?

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