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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. King was arrested and jailed on what date for speeding during the "Get Tough" campaign?
(a) 16 January 1956.
(b) 31 January 1956.
(c) 26 January 1956.
(d) 21 January 1956.

2. Just prior to Brightman's death, King initiated his study of which philosopher with him?
(a) Luther.
(b) Whitefield.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Quaker.

3. How was King informed that he had been unanimously called to the pastorate of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) Telephone call.
(b) Air-mail, special-delivery letter.
(c) Telegram.
(d) First-class mail.

4. King described his mother as having been what?
(a) "Hard-spoken but easy-going."
(b) "Hard-spoken and strict."
(c) "Soft-spoken but strict."
(d) "Soft-spoken and easy-going."

5. At what age was King ready to enter the ministry?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 19.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did King call for a Day of Penance to atone for an outbreak of racial violence in Albany?

2. Montgomery's Police Commissioner instructed taxi drivers not to do what during the bus boycott?

3. What custom did King follow every Sunday morning?

4. King grew up in, and later become co-pastor of, what church?

5. What was the topic of King's trial sermon at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did King describe his meeting with Vice President Richard Nixon?

2. What prompted King to make the comment during his initial conversation with Coretta that they should get married someday?

3. How did King view Reinhold Niebuhr?

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

5. How did King view the Montgomery bus protest?

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

7. How did King's behavior reflect upon his perceived stereotype whites typically had of blacks?

8. Why did King regard 1958 as particularly difficult?

9. What did King observe about love?

10. How did King describe his wife?

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