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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: Birth of a New Nation, Chapter 12: Brush with Death, Chapter 13: Pilgrimage to Nonviolence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age was King ready to enter the ministry?
(a) 19.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 20.

2. King described which individual as his "closest associate and most trusted friend" from the start of the boycott?
(a) E.D. Nixon.
(b) Jack Crenshaw.
(c) Ralph Abernathy.
(d) Roy Bennett.

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

4. What factors regarding King's parents' marriage had a great impact on his religious attitudes?
(a) They read the Bible aloud daily.
(b) They were active in their church.
(c) They did not argue or have a great falling out.
(d) They held a family prayer circle daily.

5. King attended the midnight ceremony that marked the independence of which nation on 6 March 1957?
(a) Ghana.
(b) Zambia.
(c) Rhodesia.
(d) Guinea.

Short Answer Questions

1. People arrived from how many other countries around the world to welcome this new nation in Africa?

2. Just prior to Brightman's death, King initiated his study of which philosopher with him?

3. How old was King when he participated in an oratorical contest in Dublin, Georgia?

4. When did the bus desegregation order reached Montgomery?

5. What impressed King more than anything else on 6 March 1957?

(see the answer key)

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