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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27: Watts, Chapter 28: Chicago Campaign.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The sit-in movement began in a lunch counter in what location?
(a) Jackson, Mississippi.
(b) Birmingham, Alabama.
(c) Greensboro, North Carolina.
(d) Albany, Georgia.

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

3. On 10 July 1967, at a "Freedom Sunday" rally, King initiated a drive to make Chicago an "open city" for what?
(a) Public schools.
(b) Municipal employment.
(c) Public transportation.
(d) Housing.

4. After being convicted for failing to obey a police officer, who paid King's fine on 4 September 1958?
(a) The police officer he disobeyed.
(b) The SCLC.
(c) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
(d) Montgomery's Police Commissioner.

5. On 17 February 1960, King was charged with falsifying his Alabama income tax records for what years?
(a) Both 1956 and 1958.
(b) Both 1956 and 1957.
(c) Both 1957 and 1959.
(d) Both 1957 and 1958.

Short Answer Questions

1. President Kennedy announced a new civil rights proposal on 11 June 1963 and met with King when?

2. What position did the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) take on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

3. What custom did King follow every Sunday morning?

4. What particularly interested Coretta during the trip to India?

5. King had been desirous of what for some years prior to his graduation from Crozer Seminary?

(see the answer key)

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