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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did King describe as the age-old problem faced by his mother and all black parents in America?
(a) Explaining segregation to a teenager.
(b) Explaining racial hatred to a small child.
(c) Explaining segregation, discrimination to a small child.
(d) Explaining racial discrimination to a small child.

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

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

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

5. What primary dilemma did King and Coretta face when accepting the offer of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church rather than others in the North?
(a) Segregation in the South.
(b) Salaries in the South.
(c) Freedoms in the North.
(d) Opportunities in the North.

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

7. 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.

8. What factors regarding King's parents' marriage had a great impact on his religious attitudes?
(a) They held a family prayer circle daily.
(b) They were active in their church.
(c) They read the Bible aloud daily.
(d) They did not argue or have a great falling out.

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

10. King received his bachelor of arts degree from Morehouse College in what major?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Sociology.
(c) History.
(d) Religion.

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

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

13. 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 tuxedos.
(c) When Nkrumah and others entered wearing their crowns.
(d) When Nkrumah and others entered wearing their native garb.

14. On what date did King's attorney arrange his release from prison?
(a) 28 October 1960.
(b) 27 October 1960.
(c) 29 October 1960.
(d) 26 October 1960.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. King stipulated he would not place his ultimate faith in little gods that could be destroyed when?

2. What structure stood diagonally across the square from the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?

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

4. How did King respond to President Eisenhower's use of force when integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?

5. King described his mother as having been what?

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