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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many civil rights workers were reported missing following their arrests in June, 1964, in Philadelphia, Mississippi?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

2. 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) "Tried."
(b) "Approached the goal honestly."
(c) "Achieved some success."
(d) "Was committed."

3. What phrase did King use to describe the approach the black community would follow in its pursuit of the Poor People's Campaign?
(a) "A nonviolet movement, but as militant as necessary."
(b) "An inspired, militant, violent movement as necessary."
(c) "An effective, honorable, nonviolent movement."
(d) "An effective, militant, nonviolent movement."

4. Civil rights leaders focused on Selma, Alabama, in 1965 as 15,000 blacks were eligible to vote there, but only how many were registered?
(a) 275.
(b) 200.
(c) 425.
(d) 350.

5. During their visit with Meredith in the hospital, King (SCLC) and which leaders of other organizations agreed to continue his march?
(a) James Lawson (SNCC) and Floyd McKissik (CORE).
(b) Stokeley Carmichael (SNCC) and Floyd McKissik (CORE),
(c) Stokeley Carmichael (SNCC) and Cleveland Sellers (CORE),
(d) James Lawson (SNCC) and Cleveland Sellers (CORE).

6. How did King receive a letter from eight clergy members from all major faiths while in jail?
(a) It arrived in the mail.
(b) It was advertised in a newspaper.
(c) It arrived via a telegram.
(d) It arrived via a postcard.

7. Why was the Black Power political phrase viewed as hypocritical?
(a) It started with a "nonviolent" group leader but then advocated racial "power".
(b) It advocated using same tools of oppression as were used against them.
(c) It focused on the means used by blacks, not on the goals they sought.
(d) It claimed moral standards to which their own behavior did not conform.

8. King sought as his legacy justice, he was good to both the oppressed and the poor, and strove to do right even when he was what?
(a) Resolute.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Militant.
(d) Adamant.

9. King saw the rioting in Los Angeles as having arisen from what?
(a) From disheartenment culminating in masses due to brutal police tactics.
(b) From desperation many endure concerning race-related discrimination.
(c) From despair over poverty which was inextricably linked with racial justice.
(d) From the hopelessness felt by many regarding their economic destitution.

10. James Meredith, who was wounded by a sniper during his "March Against Fear" on 6 June 1966, integrated which institution in 1962?
(a) The Mississippi State University.
(b) The University of Southern Mississippi.
(c) The University of Alabama.
(d) The University of Mississippi.

11. How did King indicate protesters approaching Washington would arrive?
(a) By using mules.
(b) By marching proudly.
(c) Wearing shackles.
(d) Silently and carrying signs.

12. On 10 January 1966, King backed which Georgia state Senator-elect's right to oppose the Vietnam War?
(a) Orzell Billingsley.
(b) Ross Barnett.
(c) Henry Ward Beecher.
(d) Julian Bond.

13. On 18 March 1968, King spoke before which striking labor group in Memphis?
(a) Industrial Assemblers Union.
(b) American Federation of Labor.
(c) Harvest workers.
(d) Sanitation workers.

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

15. How did Jimmie Lee Jackson die on 26 February 1965 in Marion, Alabama?
(a) Police released a K-9 on him during a demonstration.
(b) Police shot him during a demonstration.
(c) Klan night riders beat him during a demonstration.
(d) Youths beat him during a demonstration.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did a Ku Klux Klan meeting take place relative to the bombs being having been set?

2. When did the leader of SNCC ignite controversy when he used the Black Power slogan?

3. President Kennedy called Coretta Scott King and expressed concern for her husband on what date?

4. What did the State of California repeal?

5. King wanted President Johnson to continue these programs, but President Johnson was distracted by the conflict in Vietnam.

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