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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21: Death of Illusions, Chapter 22: St. Augustine, Chapter 23: The Mississippi Challenge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did King deliver his trial sermon at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery?
(a) 12 June 1954.
(b) 24 January 1955.
(c) 12 June 1955.
(d) 24 January 1954.

2. King felt he could not conclude an account of the 6 weeks of protests in Birmingham without recognizing support which came from where?
(a) Around the world.
(b) Around the South.
(c) Around the country.
(d) Around Alabama.

3. What point did King stress to soon to be graduating students at a march on 18 April 1959?
(a) "Avocation for civil rights is more critical than one's vocation."
(b) "Be a fighter for civil rights in a nonviolent manner."
(c) "Nonviolence is important, but attaining civil liberties is more so."
(d) "Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights."

4. How many of his attorneys were allowed to visit King on Easter Sunday afternoon?
(a) None.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. President Kennedy called Coretta Scott King and expressed concern for her husband on what date?

2. When did a Ku Klux Klan meeting take place relative to the bombs being having been set?

3. What particularly interested Coretta during the trip to India?

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

5. How did King receive a letter from eight clergy members from all major faiths while in jail?

(see the answer key)

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