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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. When was King elected head of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)?
(a) 1 December 1955.
(b) 5 December 1955.
(c) 3 December 1955.
(d) 7 December 1955.

2. King had been desirous of what for some years prior to his graduation from Crozer Seminary?
(a) Providing social assistance to the needy.
(b) Counseling youths in a squalid urban slum.
(c) Teaching in a religious school, college.
(d) Lecturing about his views around the nation.

3. Which social philosopher did King stipulate left an indelible imprint on his thinking?
(a) Walter Rauschenbusch.
(b) Walter Channing.
(c) Walter Cronkite.
(d) Walter Raleigh.

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. What did King note came out in the New York Times about his injury?
(a) His survival was miraculous.
(b) He would have died without blood transfusion.
(c) He would have died if he had sneezed.
(d) He would have died without prompt medical attention.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when King's home was bombed?

2. How did King respond to President Eisenhower's use of force when integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?

3. What structure stood diagonally across the square from the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?

4. Coretta inherited a talent for what from her mother?

5. King received his bachelor of arts degree from Morehouse College in what major?

(see the answer key)

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