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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. Who was the Governor of Arkansas when federal troops were called in to protect students at Central High School in Little Rock?
(a) Dobie Gillis.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) Orval Tessier.
(d) Orval Faubus.

2. What did King describe as the age-old problem faced by his mother and all black parents in America?
(a) Explaining segregation to a teenager.
(b) Explaining racial hatred to a small child.
(c) Explaining segregation, discrimination to a small child.
(d) Explaining racial discrimination to a small child.

3. Although he never endorsed him, King felt Kennedy would make the better President for what reason?
(a) His record showed he was the better man.
(b) His life's history showed he was the better man.
(c) He was surrounded by better people.
(d) He was consistent in his decisions.

4. On 15 December 1961, King arrived in Albany, Georgia, in response to a telegram from the head of what group?
(a) The Albany NAACP.
(b) The Albany Alliance for Civil Liberties.
(c) The Albany Assembly.
(d) The Albany Movement.

5. When was King elected head of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)?
(a) 7 December 1955.
(b) 3 December 1955.
(c) 1 December 1955.
(d) 5 December 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the U.S. Supreme Court declare segregation laws unconstitutional?

2. On 25 October 1960, King's case was dropped for a sit-in a week prior, but he was taken to the state prison for violating probation of what?

3. When did King, Sr., marry Martin and Coretta?

4. People arrived from how many other countries around the world to welcome this new nation in Africa?

5. King stipulated there was something in the universe that justified Cullen Bryant when he said what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did King view Reinhold Niebuhr?

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

5. How did King describe his wife?

6. What did King observe about love?

7. How did Martin Luther King, Jr., describe his being religious?

8. How did King view philosopher Walter Rauschenbusch?

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

10. What did King observe that Ghana symbolized?

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