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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27: Watts, Chapter 28: Chicago Campaign.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On 15 December 1961, King arrived in Albany, Georgia, in response to a telegram from the head of what group?
(a) The Albany Assembly.
(b) The Albany Movement.
(c) The Albany NAACP.
(d) The Albany Alliance for Civil Liberties.

2. King believed that, in order to advance forward, man had to step back and find what God?
(a) "Of universal freedom and the God that will last through the ages."
(b) "Of social justice and the God that will last through the ages."
(c) "Of the universe and the God that will last through the ages."
(d) "Of social equality and the God that will last through the ages."

3. Where was Martin Luther King, Jr., born?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Selma.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Atlanta.

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

5. On what day was President Kennedy assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in as President?
(a) 17 November 1963.
(b) 22 November 1963.
(c) 12 November 1963.
(d) 27 November 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) take on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

2. King saw the rioting in Los Angeles as having arisen from what?

3. King called Reverend Theodore Jemison for assistance as he had previously led a bus boycott where?

4. King wanted President Johnson to continue these programs, but President Johnson was distracted by the conflict in Vietnam.

5. Why did King maintain that those who set bombs on 11 May 1963 had selected a night and time during which customers were leaving closing bars in a black neighborhood?

(see the answer key)

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