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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 was NAACP leader Medgar Evans assassinated?
(a) 12 June 1963.
(b) 12 May 1963.
(c) 12 April 1963.
(d) 12 March 1963.

2. When did King attend the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by President Johnson?
(a) 2 July 1964.
(b) 24 July 1964.
(c) 2 June 1964.
(d) 4 July 1964.

3. King indicated that what the world needed was a group of women and men willing to do what?
(a) Stand up for right, oppose wrong.
(b) Preach moral spirituality, denounce sin.
(c) Promote peace, oppose conflict.
(d) Teach socialism, reject communism.

4. Which group, in conjunction with the SCLC, launched a protest following the election in Birmingham?
(a) The Alabama Christian Movement for Civil Liberties.
(b) The Alabama Christian Conference for Civil Rights.
(c) The Alabama Christian Convention for Human Rights.
(d) The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.

5. President Kennedy called Coretta Scott King and expressed concern for her husband on what date?
(a) 14 April 1963.
(b) 15 April 1963.
(c) 13 April 1963.
(d) 12 April 1963.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. King believed preaching should come from the people's experiences, and specified that he must know what about those he pastored?

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

4. What was it King admired most about his father?

5. When did King and other civil rights leaders meet with Eisenhower?

(see the answer key)

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