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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. King viewed preaching as the dual process of what?
(a) Changing individuals' social status, the environment.
(b) Changing individuals' faith, societies.
(c) Changing individuals' religious views, societies.
(d) Changing individuals' souls, societies.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who was the Governor of Arkansas when federal troops were called in to protect students at Central High School in Little Rock?
(a) George Wallace.
(b) Orval Tessier.
(c) Dobie Gillis.
(d) Orval Faubus.

10. What point did King stress to soon to be graduating students at a march on 18 April 1959?
(a) "Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights."
(b) "Avocation for civil rights is more critical than one's vocation."
(c) "Nonviolence is important, but attaining civil liberties is more so."
(d) "Be a fighter for civil rights in a nonviolent manner."

11. What was it King admired most about his father?
(a) Total religious devotion.
(b) Complete honesty.
(c) Genuine family commitment.
(d) Genuine Christian character.

12. It was primarily under Edgar S. Brightman and L. Harold DeWolf that King studied what?
(a) Calvinistic philosophy.
(b) Socialistic philosophy.
(c) Christian theology.
(d) Personalistic philosophy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened when white police officers initially arrested King in Montgomery?

3. How long did King have to prepare what he considered the most important speech of his life?

4. Coretta inherited a talent for what from her mother?

5. In the summer of 1957, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) planned a campaign to enforce what?

(see the answer keys)

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