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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: Desegregation at Last, Chapter 10: The Expanding Struggle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. King was arrested and jailed on what date for speeding during the "Get Tough" campaign?
(a) 16 January 1956.
(b) 26 January 1956.
(c) 21 January 1956.
(d) 31 January 1956.

2. What was King's fine when found guilty of the antiboycott law?
(a) $250 or 90 days confinement.
(b) $500 or 365 days confinement.
(c) $100 or 30 days confinement.
(d) $500 or 386 days confinement.

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

4. Where in Washington did King deliver an address on 17 May 1957?
(a) Crusade for Citizenship.
(b) Pilgrimage to Vote.
(c) March for Freedom.
(d) Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom.

5. King grew up in, and later become co-pastor of, what church?
(a) Leviticus Baptist.
(b) Auburn Baptist.
(c) Philemon Baptist.
(d) Ebenezer Baptist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Montgomery's Police Commissioner instructed taxi drivers not to do what during the bus boycott?

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

3. What factors regarding King's parents' marriage had a great impact on his religious attitudes?

4. When did King receive his doctorate from Boston University?

5. King become head of what on 14 February 1957?

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