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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did King meet Coretta?
(a) In the university's library.
(b) In a church just off campus.
(c) In the university's cafeteria.
(d) Through a mutual friend.

3. The sit-in movement began in a lunch counter in what location?
(a) Greensboro, North Carolina.
(b) Jackson, Mississippi.
(c) Birmingham, Alabama.
(d) Albany, Georgia.

4. On 17 February 1960, King was charged with falsifying his Alabama income tax records for what years?
(a) Both 1957 and 1959.
(b) Both 1956 and 1958.
(c) Both 1957 and 1958.
(d) Both 1956 and 1957.

5. What particularly interested Coretta during the trip to India?
(a) Women, museums, cuisine.
(b) Government, women, cuisine.
(c) Museums, animals, schools.
(d) Women, history, government of India.

6. King spoke at the founding conference of what organization on 15 April 1960?
(a) The Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO).
(b) The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
(c) The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA).
(d) The Alabama Council on Human Relations (ACHR).

7. King said the birth of this new African nation renewed his conviction in what?
(a) "The ultimate triumph of resolution."
(b) "The ultimate triumph of hope."
(c) "The ultimate triumph of faith."
(d) "The ultimate triumph of justice."

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

9. In what year of college did King enter the ministry?
(a) Senior.
(b) Junior.
(c) Freshman.
(d) Sophomore.

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

11. When was Rosa Parks arrested?
(a) 1 December 1955.
(b) 6 December 1955.
(c) 26 November 1955.
(d) 20 November 1955.

12. When did King enter Crozer Theological Seminary?
(a) 14 September 1949.
(b) 14 September 1948.
(c) 14 September 1947.
(d) 14 September 1950.

13. In the summer of 1957, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) planned a campaign to enforce what?
(a) Black employment rights.
(b) Black property rights.
(c) Black voting rights.
(d) Revocation of segregation laws.

14. What custom did King follow every Sunday morning?
(a) An hour of quiet meditation.
(b) 15 minutes of quiet meditation.
(c) 45 minutes of quiet meditation.
(d) 30 minutes of quiet meditation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did a Montgomery Grand Jury indict King and others on an antiboycott law?

2. What point did King stress to soon to be graduating students at a march on 18 April 1959?

3. King received his doctorate in what major?

4. Although he never endorsed him, King felt Kennedy would make the better President for what reason?

5. King's collegiate studies made him increasingly skeptical as he could not reconcile what?

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