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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 they were all clergy he felt they would listen to his response.
(c) Since he was incarcerated, he had time to respond and felt hey would listen.
(d) As fellow clergy he felt they would listen to his response reasonably.

2. Racial rioting between 12-14 July 1967 on Chicago's West Side resulted in what?
(a) In 5 deaths and widespread destruction.
(b) Two deaths and widespread destruction.
(c) Two deaths and contained destruction.
(d) Five deaths and contained destruction.

3. 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.

4. What speech did King deliver on the morning of 28 August 1963?
(a) "I Believe in Dreams."
(b) "I have a Dream."
(c) "I Trust in Dreams."
(d) "I Pursue My Dreams."

5. Widespread racial violence between 11-15 August 1965 in Los Angeles, California, resulted in how many deaths?
(a) Between 10-19.
(b) Between 20-29.
(c) Less than 10.
(d) Over 30.

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

7. How many people took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
(a) An estimated 25 million.
(b) An estimated 50 million.
(c) An estimated 5 million.
(d) An estimated 15 million.

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

9. King assessed the summer of 1963 when he noted it was what?
(a) An insurgency, not merely an insurgent.
(b) A war, not merely a battle.
(c) A revolution, not merely a revolt.
(d) A struggle, not merely an uprising.

10. White youths murdered a black boy who rode his bicycle while on the same day, a black girl was killed on the streets by whom?
(a) A bus driver.
(b) The Police.
(c) White men.
(d) Ku Klux Klan members.

11. What did the violence in Los Angeles achieve?
(a) An increase in white understanding.
(b) Heightened white compassion.
(c) The escalation of white empathy.
(d) The hardening of white resistance.

12. How many of his attorneys were allowed to visit King on Easter Sunday afternoon?
(a) None.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

14. What valediction did King use to conclude his letter?
(a) "Yours in pursuit of Christian understanding."
(b) "In appreciation of your patience and understanding."
(c) "Yours humbly in Faith, Trust, and Hope."
(d) "Yours for the cause of Peace and Brotherhood."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The 1964 Nobel Prize for Peace was received by King, but whom did he feel truly deserved the award?

2. Following a press conference at the U.S. Senate, when was the only encounter King had with Malcolm X?

3. King wanted to learn from what Scandinavian tradition?

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

5. 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?

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