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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31: The Poor People's Campaign, Chapter 32: Unfulfilled Dreams.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did a Ku Klux Klan meeting take place relative to the bombs being having been set?
(a) Two nights before.
(b) Shortly following.
(c) One night before.
(d) Just prior to the bombings that night.

2. President Kennedy announced a new civil rights proposal on 11 June 1963 and met with King when?
(a) 11 June 1963.
(b) 17 June 1963.
(c) 22 June 1963.
(d) 28 June 1963.

3. King described which individual as his "closest associate and most trusted friend" from the start of the boycott?
(a) Jack Crenshaw.
(b) Roy Bennett.
(c) Ralph Abernathy.
(d) E.D. Nixon.

4. What happened when King's home was bombed?
(a) King denied an offer of bodyguards for protection.
(b) King purchased a handgun for protection.
(c) The Kings sustained only minor injuries.
(d) The Police Commissioner stated he brought the bombing on himself.

5. King become head of what on 14 February 1957?
(a) Southern Leadership Committee.
(b) Southern Liberties Conference
(c) Southern Leadership Commission.
(d) Southern Leadership Conference.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was a plot by a guerrilla group on King's life discovered during the summer of 1964?

2. How many black protesters marched on St. Augustine?

3. King was initially exposed to what position of Dr. A.J. Muste that deeply moved but did not convince him?

4. On 25 October 1960, King's case was dropped for a sit-in a week prior, but he was taken to the state prison for violating probation of what?

5. On which television program on the evening of 29 May 1966 did King urge an end to the bombing in Vietnam?

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