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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What transpired in St. Augustine, Florida, that instigated the fight for the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
(a) The Ku Klux Klan beat six blacks unconscious.
(b) The Ku Klux Klan beat four blacks unconscious.
(c) The Ku Klux Klan beat five blacks unconscious.
(d) The Ku Klux Klan beat three blacks unconscious.

2. After he explained why he was responding to their letter, what was the first item King addressed?
(a) Why he was in Birmingham and their view against "'outsiders coming in.'"
(b) He related the events sequentially that led up to the demonstrations.
(c) Their deploration of Birmingham demonstrations, not the causes of them.
(d) The four basic steps required by any nonviolent campaign.

3. How many speeches did King give in Memphis in March, 1968, about aid to government employees and against antipoverty policies?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 21.
(d) Dozens.

4. King indicated the war in Vietnam played havoc with what?
(a) The destiny of all Vietnam.
(b) The destiny of an entire generation.
(c) The destiny of all Southeast Asia.
(d) The destiny of the entire world.

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

6. Why did King respond to the eight clergymen when he rarely did so as it would leave him little time for "constructive" work?
(a) He felt they were sincere and he wanted to answer in patient terms.
(b) Since he was incarcerated, he had time to respond and felt hey would listen.
(c) As fellow clergy he felt they would listen to his response reasonably.
(d) Since they were all clergy he felt they would listen to his response.

7. On what day was Viola Gregg Liuzzo killed by Klan members as she drove marchers back from a 4-day march from Selma to Montgomery?
(a) 30 March 1965.
(b) 15 March 1965.
(c) 20 March 1965.
(d) 25 March 1965.

8. King felt he could not conclude an account of the 6 weeks of protests in Birmingham without recognizing support which came from where?
(a) Around the South.
(b) Around Alabama.
(c) Around the world.
(d) Around the country.

9. Why did King maintain that those who set bombs on 11 May 1963 had selected a night and time during which customers were leaving closing bars in a black neighborhood?
(a) To achieve the most death and injury.
(b) To instigate most fear.
(c) To cause greatest disorder.
(d) To stir rioting.

10. 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) Militant.
(c) Adamant.
(d) Wrong.

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

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

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

14. King argued that the members of which religious faith must be committed to providing aid to the poor?
(a) Catholics.
(b) All faiths and agnostics.
(c) Christians.
(d) All faiths.

15. In the chapter about the Nobel Prize, King described his view of airline personnel and ranked which members as foremost?
(a) The flight attendants.
(b) The pilots.
(c) The ground crew.
(d) The co-pilots.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which television program on the evening of 29 May 1966 did King urge an end to the bombing in Vietnam?

2. King wanted to learn from what Scandinavian tradition?

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

4. On what day was President Kennedy assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in as President?

5. More than how many youngsters were arrested in the Birmingham "Children's Crusade" between 2-7 May 1963?

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