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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. Civil rights leaders focused on Selma, Alabama, in 1965 as 15,000 blacks were eligible to vote there, but only how many were registered?
(a) 350.
(b) 425.
(c) 200.
(d) 275.

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

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

4. King began his freshman year at Morehouse College on what date?
(a) 20 September 1944.
(b) 20 September 1945.
(c) 20 September 1947.
(d) 20 September 1946.

5. Why was Coretta unable to travel frequently with King?
(a) She had obligations in their church.
(b) Their limited budget precluded her accompanying him.
(c) She stayed home with their 4 children.
(d) She had to work while he was gone.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. King was initially exposed to what position of Dr. A.J. Muste that deeply moved but did not convince him?

3. In the summer of 1957, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) planned a campaign to enforce what?

4. Why did King maintain that those who set bombs on 11 May 1963 had selected a night and time during which customers were leaving closing bars in a black neighborhood?

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

(see the answer key)

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