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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. King stipulated he would not place his ultimate faith in little gods that could be destroyed when?
(a) In an atomic age.
(b) In a hydraulic age.
(c) In a biological age.
(d) In a chemical age.

2. In a paper submitted at Crozer Seminary, King indicated he had nearly despaired over _______'s power to resolve social problems.
(a) Religion.
(b) Faith.
(c) Hope.
(d) Love.

3. When was Rosa Parks arrested?
(a) 20 November 1955.
(b) 26 November 1955.
(c) 6 December 1955.
(d) 1 December 1955.

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

5. King received his bachelor of arts degree from Morehouse College in what major?
(a) Religion.
(b) History.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. City and bus officials felt the bus protest would pass quickly once what happened?

2. King described which individual as his "closest associate and most trusted friend" from the start of the boycott?

3. It was primarily under Edgar S. Brightman and L. Harold DeWolf that King studied what?

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

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

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