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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. King stated his life would not have been in vain if what?
(a) "If I am able to bring peace to a world wreaked with war."
(b) "If I spread love and peace in a determined fashion."
(c) "If I can do my duty as a Christian ought."
(d) "If I am genuine in spreading nonviolence and Christian faith."

2. On what day was President Kennedy assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in as President?
(a) 12 November 1963.
(b) 17 November 1963.
(c) 22 November 1963.
(d) 27 November 1963.

3. Where did angry whites attack a Civil Rights march in Chicago on 5 August 1967?
(a) In the Southeast side.
(b) In the Southwest side.
(c) In the Northwest side.
(d) In the Northeeast side.

4. On 26 July 1965 King led a march on Chicago City Hall and spoke before a rally sponsored by which organization?
(a) Chicago's Coordination Council of Community Organizations (CCCO).
(b) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
(c) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
(d) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

5. King was arrested on 12 April 1963 for violation of an injunction against protesting by which Court?
(a) The state's Circuit Court.
(b) The County Court.
(c) The state's Supreme Court.
(d) The Municipal Court.

6. When was NAACP leader Medgar Evans assassinated?
(a) 12 June 1963.
(b) 12 May 1963.
(c) 12 March 1963.
(d) 12 April 1963.

7. King said one had to get one's heart right with God, and while not having attained the highest peak or realized all one's dreams, he did what?
(a) "Approached the goal honestly."
(b) "Was committed."
(c) "Tried."
(d) "Achieved some success."

8. What was the purpose of King's 13-point written instructions from jail in Selma, Alabama, to movement associates in February, 1965?
(a) To keep national attention focused on Selma.
(b) To achieve the most success from peaceful demonstrations.
(c) To awaken Selma blacks' perspectives about the right to vote.
(d) To register as many Selma blacks to vote as possible.

9. When did a Ku Klux Klan meeting take place relative to the bombs being having been set?
(a) Shortly following.
(b) Two nights before.
(c) Just prior to the bombings that night.
(d) One night before.

10. What did King organize with Chicago's Mayor R. Daley and others on 26 August 1967?
(a) The Amicability Agreement.
(b) The Summit Agreement.
(c) The Desegregation Agreement.
(d) The Nonviolence Agreement.

11. King believed that the poor in Los Angeles saw the riots as their only means of doing what?
(a) Punishing authorities.
(b) Getting noticed.
(c) Gaining equitable goods.
(d) Achieving retribution.

12. King noted that the 1964 election afforded the civil rights, labor, religious, and intellectual leaders alliance what within a year?
(a) Their third major victory.
(b) Their fourth major victory.
(c) Their first major victory.
(d) Their second major victory.

13. King noted that one of life's great agonies is when we attempt to finish what?
(a) That which is a tremendous goal.
(b) That which is yet but a dream.
(c) That which is unfinishable.
(d) That which will take until time's end.

14. Where was King assassinated on 4 April 1968?
(a) The Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee.
(b) The Johnston Motel, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
(c) The Tennessee River Motel, Decatur, Alabama.
(d) The Howard Johnson Motel, Athens, Georgia.

15. Which group, in conjunction with the SCLC, launched a protest following the election in Birmingham?
(a) The Alabama Christian Movement for Civil Liberties.
(b) The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.
(c) The Alabama Christian Conference for Civil Rights.
(d) The Alabama Christian Convention for Human Rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many civil rights workers were reported missing following their arrests in June, 1964, in Philadelphia, Mississippi?

2. How did King respond to President Kennedy's having called Coretta over Easter weekend?

3. How many speeches did King give in Memphis in March, 1968, about aid to government employees and against antipoverty policies?

4. What did the violence in Los Angeles achieve?

5. When were King and Abernathy released from jail on 19 April 1963?

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