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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was King informed that he had been unanimously called to the pastorate of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) Telephone call.
(b) Telegram.
(c) First-class mail.
(d) Air-mail, special-delivery letter.

2. King attended the midnight ceremony that marked the independence of which nation on 6 March 1957?
(a) Zambia.
(b) Guinea.
(c) Ghana.
(d) Rhodesia.

3. How was King attacked in Harlem in 1958?
(a) He was stabbed.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He was beaten.
(d) He was run over.

4. Where in Washington did King deliver an address on 17 May 1957?
(a) Crusade for Citizenship.
(b) Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom.
(c) March for Freedom.
(d) Pilgrimage to Vote.

5. After having read Karl Marx to understand Communism's appeal to so many, what had King concluded about his views?
(a) He accepted Marx' political views of totalitarianism, secularism.
(b) He rejected Marx' political views of totalitarianism, poverty.
(c) He accepted Marx' materialistic views of history, ethical relativism.
(d) He rejected Marx' materialistic views of history, ethical relativism.

6. On what date did King call for a Day of Penance to atone for an outbreak of racial violence in Albany?
(a) 4 August 1962.
(b) 30 July 1962.
(c) 20 July 1962.
(d) 25 July 1962.

7. At what age was King ready to enter the ministry?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 19.
(d) 21.

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

9. When did King receive his doctorate from Boston University?
(a) 5 June 1955.
(b) 5 June 1953.
(c) 5 June 1954.
(d) 5 June 1956.

10. In addition to King, how many people were indicted in Montgomery on antiboycott charges in February, 1956?
(a) Over 100.
(b) About 25.
(c) About 50.
(d) About 75.

11. King stipulated there was something in the universe that justified Cullen Bryant when he said what?
(a) "Truth will forever be on the scaffold."
(b) "Truth crushed to earth, will rise again."
(c) "Truth remains firm, not flexible to wishes."
(d) "Society hinges on truth, without which it suffers greatly."

12. Why was Coretta unable to travel frequently with King?
(a) She stayed home with their 4 children.
(b) She had obligations in their church.
(c) Their limited budget precluded her accompanying him.
(d) She had to work while he was gone.

13. 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?
(a) A previous unauthorized demonstration offense.
(b) A previous traffic offense.
(c) A previous concealed weapon offense.
(d) A previous parking offense.

14. What was the topic of King's trial sermon at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life."
(b) "Discovering the Dimensions of a Full Life."
(c) "All the Dimensions of a Complete Life."
(d) "The Full Dimensions of a Christian Life."

15. King called Reverend Theodore Jemison for assistance as he had previously led a bus boycott where?
(a) Birmingham, Alabama.
(b) Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
(c) Jackson, Mississippi.
(d) Charleston, South Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did King meet Coretta?

2. What impressed King more than anything else on 6 March 1957?

3. City and bus officials felt the bus protest would pass quickly once what happened?

4. Who was the Governor of Arkansas when federal troops were called in to protect students at Central High School in Little Rock?

5. In his own life and one of a person who sought to be strong, what was it King advised needed to be combined in one's character?

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