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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

5. What impressed King more than anything else on 6 March 1957?
(a) When Nkrumah and others entered wearing their prison garb.
(b) When Nkrumah and others entered wearing their native garb.
(c) When Nkrumah and others entered wearing their crowns.
(d) When Nkrumah and others entered wearing their tuxedos.

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

7. When did King, Sr., marry Martin and Coretta?
(a) 18 June 1954.
(b) 18 June 1955.
(c) 18 June 1953.
(d) 18 June 1952.

8. King was arrested on 16 December 1961 with how many other Albany protesters?
(a) 700 protesters.
(b) 100 protesters.
(c) 500 protesters.
(d) 300 protesters.

9. What structure stood diagonally across the square from the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) State Capitol.
(b) Montgomery City Hall.
(c) Montgomery Train Station.
(d) Montgomery City Jail.

10. When did King enter Boston University's School of Theology?
(a) 13 September 1950.
(b) 13 September 1951.
(c) 13 September 1952.
(d) 13 September 1953.

11. King was arrested and jailed on what date for speeding during the "Get Tough" campaign?
(a) 26 January 1956.
(b) 31 January 1956.
(c) 21 January 1956.
(d) 16 January 1956.

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

13. What shackles did King describe as being removed from his body during his first two college years?
(a) Detestation.
(b) Impropriety.
(c) Fundamentalism.
(d) Immorality.

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

15. What location in India did King describe as among the most beautiful in the world?
(a) Cape Comorin.
(b) Cape Canaveral.
(c) Cape Cod.
(d) Cape Colony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in Washington did King deliver an address on 17 May 1957?

2. On what date did King's attorney arrange his release from prison?

3. People arrived from how many other countries around the world to welcome this new nation in Africa?

4. Just prior to Brightman's death, King initiated his study of which philosopher with him?

5. King elaborated on what land reform movement in India which was virtually unknown in the U.S.?

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