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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) 20.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

2. Through studying the Bible in college, King stated he "came to see that behind the legends and myths of the Book were many ______."
(a) "Ideals for mankind".
(b) "Humanitarian goals".
(c) "Profound truths".
(d) "Benevolent dreams".

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

4. King stipulated there was something in the universe that justified Cullen Bryant when he said what?
(a) "Truth remains firm, not flexible to wishes."
(b) "Truth crushed to earth, will rise again."
(c) "Truth will forever be on the scaffold."
(d) "Society hinges on truth, without which it suffers greatly."

5. What happened when King's home was bombed?
(a) The Kings sustained only minor injuries.
(b) King denied an offer of bodyguards for protection.
(c) King purchased a handgun for protection.
(d) The Police Commissioner stated he brought the bombing on himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. King indicated that what the world needed was a group of women and men willing to do what?

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

4. King attended the midnight ceremony that marked the independence of which nation on 6 March 1957?

5. After being convicted for failing to obey a police officer, who paid King's fine on 4 September 1958?

(see the answer key)

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