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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. It was primarily under Edgar S. Brightman and L. Harold DeWolf that King studied what?
(a) Calvinistic philosophy.
(b) Socialistic philosophy.
(c) Christian theology.
(d) Personalistic philosophy.

2. What phrase did King use to describe the approach the black community would follow in its pursuit of the Poor People's Campaign?
(a) "An effective, honorable, nonviolent movement."
(b) "An effective, militant, nonviolent movement."
(c) "An inspired, militant, violent movement as necessary."
(d) "A nonviolet movement, but as militant as necessary."

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

4. Why was the Black Power political phrase viewed as hypocritical?
(a) It claimed moral standards to which their own behavior did not conform.
(b) It focused on the means used by blacks, not on the goals they sought.
(c) It started with a "nonviolent" group leader but then advocated racial "power".
(d) It advocated using same tools of oppression as were used against them.

5. In the chapter about the Nobel Prize, King described his view of airline personnel and ranked which members as foremost?
(a) The pilots.
(b) The co-pilots.
(c) The ground crew.
(d) The flight attendants.

Short Answer Questions

1. On 18 March 1968, King spoke before which striking labor group in Memphis?

2. What transpired in St. Augustine, Florida, that instigated the fight for the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

3. What did King note came out in the New York Times about his injury?

4. When did King enter Boston University's School of Theology?

5. King was arrested on 16 December 1961 with how many other Albany protesters?

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