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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) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. The 1964 Nobel Prize for Peace was received by King, but whom did he feel truly deserved the award?
(a) The Civil Rights movement.
(b) Those killed for the Civil Rights movement.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Ralph Abernathy.

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

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

5. 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 world.
(b) Around the South.
(c) Around the country.
(d) Around Alabama.

6. In his letter to the clergy, King described Birmingham as likely the most thoroughly segregated city where?
(a) In the South.
(b) In the world.
(c) In Alabama.
(d) In the U.S.

7. On which television program on the evening of 29 May 1966 did King urge an end to the bombing in Vietnam?
(a) The Huntley-Brinkley Report.
(b) CBS News with Walter Cronkite.
(c) Face the Nation.
(d) The Johnny Carson Show.

8. What did the State of California repeal?
(a) Its law preventing racial discrimination in employment.
(b) Its law preventing segregation in restaurants.
(c) Its law preventing segregation in schools.
(d) Its law preventing racial discrimination in housing.

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

10. 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."

11. Where was Malcolm X assassinated on 21 February 1965?
(a) In Birmingham, Alabama.
(b) In Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) In Washington, Distict of Columbia.
(d) In Harlem, New York City.

12. King wanted President Johnson to continue these programs, but President Johnson was distracted by the conflict in Vietnam.
(a) The Progressive Society programs.
(b) The Successfull Society programs.
(c) The Great Society programs.
(d) The Fair Society programs.

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

14. After a tentative agreement was reached on 11 May 1963, segregationists bombed what locations?
(a) The homes of King's brother and Abernathy.
(b) The Kings' motel and his brother's home.
(c) The church of King's brother and Abernathy's home.
(d) The Kings' motel and his brother's church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did King attend the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by President Johnson?

2. How did King indicate protesters approaching Washington would arrive?

3. How did Jimmie Lee Jackson die on 26 February 1965 in Marion, Alabama?

4. How many black protesters marched on St. Augustine?

5. What phrase did King use to describe the approach the black community would follow in its pursuit of the Poor People's Campaign?

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