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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did King receive his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer Seminary?
(a) 8 May 1950.
(b) 8 May 1951.
(c) 8 May 1952.
(d) 8 May 1953.

2. When did the U.S. Supreme Court declare segregation laws unconstitutional?
(a) September, 1956.
(b) October, 1956.
(c) November, 1956.
(d) December, 1956.

3. When did King meet Coretta Scott?
(a) January 1953.
(b) January 1951.
(c) January 1952.
(d) January 1950.

4. City and bus officials felt the bus protest would pass quickly once what happened?
(a) Volunteers tired of transporting.
(b) Initial interest diminished.
(c) Protestors grew weary of walking.
(d) The first rainy day arrived.

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

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

7. King elaborated on what land reform movement in India which was virtually unknown in the U.S.?
(a) Bhopal.
(b) Bhojpuri.
(c) Bhoonas.
(d) Bhoodan.

8. How did King respond to President Eisenhower's use of force when integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?
(a) He denounced Eisenhower's action.
(b) He spoke for and against Eisenhower's action.
(c) He withheld comment regarding Eisenhower's acton.
(d) He applauded Eisenhower's action.

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

10. After being convicted for failing to obey a police officer, who paid King's fine on 4 September 1958?
(a) The police officer he disobeyed.
(b) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
(c) The SCLC.
(d) Montgomery's Police Commissioner.

11. What were among the false rumors spread about King?
(a) He frequented nightclubs, strip joints.
(b) He accepted donations he used for himself.
(c) He purchased a brand-new Cadillac, Buick.
(d) He gambled, abused alcohol, used drugs.

12. King stipulated he would not place his ultimate faith in little gods that could be destroyed when?
(a) In a chemical age.
(b) In a hydraulic age.
(c) In a biological age.
(d) In an atomic age.

13. When was King elected head of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)?
(a) 7 December 1955.
(b) 1 December 1955.
(c) 5 December 1955.
(d) 3 December 1955.

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

15. Who received a call from John F. Kennedy on 26 October 1960?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Coretta Scott King.
(c) Judge Oscar Mitchell.
(d) Governor S. Ernest Vandiver.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did King deliver his trial sermon at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery?

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

3. King received his doctorate in what major?

4. On what date did King call for a Day of Penance to atone for an outbreak of racial violence in Albany?

5. On 15 December 1961, King arrived in Albany, Georgia, in response to a telegram from the head of what group?

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