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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After having read Karl Marx to understand Communism's appeal to so many, what had King concluded about his views?
(a) He accepted Marx' political views of totalitarianism, secularism.
(b) He accepted Marx' materialistic views of history, ethical relativism.
(c) He rejected Marx' political views of totalitarianism, poverty.
(d) He rejected Marx' materialistic views of history, ethical relativism.

2. It was primarily under Edgar S. Brightman and L. Harold DeWolf that King studied what?
(a) Socialistic philosophy.
(b) Christian theology.
(c) Calvinistic philosophy.
(d) Personalistic philosophy.

3. King's collegiate studies made him increasingly skeptical as he could not reconcile what?
(a) Many historical facts with scientific facts.
(b) Many scientific facts with his beliefs.
(c) Many historical facts with religion.
(d) Many scientific facts with religion.

4. King stipulated there was something in the universe that justified Cullen Bryant when he said what?
(a) "Truth will forever be on the scaffold."
(b) "Truth remains firm, not flexible to wishes."
(c) "Truth crushed to earth, will rise again."
(d) "Society hinges on truth, without which it suffers greatly."

5. Coretta inherited a talent for what from her mother?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Music.
(c) Counseling.
(d) Nursing.

Short Answer Questions

1. King stipulated he would not place his ultimate faith in little gods that could be destroyed when?

2. City and bus officials felt the bus protest would pass quickly once what happened?

3. King elaborated on what land reform movement in India which was virtually unknown in the U.S.?

4. The sit-in movement began in a lunch counter in what location?

5. What primary dilemma did King and Coretta face when accepting the offer of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church rather than others in the North?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did King conclude he dealt with the traumas he faced in 1958?

2. In his freshman year in college, what was King's view of "On Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau?

3. Why did King move to Atlanta following five years in Montgomery?

4. How did King recall Morehouse College dealt with the issue of racial ills?

5. King described the Montgomery Movement as what type of turning point?

6. What did King note about the Great Depression?

7. When did King begin a search to eliminate social evil?

8. How did King describe his wife?

9. What was it King conveyed about his use of the pronoun "I" in his account of the Montgomery Movement?

10. In the opening of Chapter 11, "Birth of a New Nation," what was it King stipulated Ghana had to say?

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