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

2. When did the U.S. Supreme Court declare segregation laws unconstitutional?
(a) December, 1956.
(b) October, 1956.
(c) September, 1956.
(d) November, 1956.

3. What were among the false rumors spread about King?
(a) He frequented nightclubs, strip joints.
(b) He accepted donations he used for himself.
(c) He gambled, abused alcohol, used drugs.
(d) He purchased a brand-new Cadillac, Buick.

4. When did King and other MIA leaders unsuccessfully meet with whites in an attempt to resolve the bus issue?
(a) 22 December 1955.
(b) 17 December 1955.
(c) 5 December 1955.
(d) 12 December 1955.

5. What was it King admired most about his father?
(a) Genuine Christian character.
(b) Complete honesty.
(c) Total religious devotion.
(d) Genuine family commitment.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did King receive his doctorate from Boston University?

2. After having read Karl Marx to understand Communism's appeal to so many, what had King concluded about his views?

3. When did King meet Coretta Scott?

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

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 Martin Luther King, Jr., describe his being religious?

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

3. Why did King regard 1958 as particularly difficult?

4. What hardships did King recall when he entered college?

5. What was it King believed had been shoved upon his generation?

6. How did King view the Montgomery bus protest?

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

8. Why was Mrs. Rosa Parks arrested on 1 December 1955?

9. What awoke King and Ralph Abernathy at 2:00 a.m. on 9 January 1957?

10. What did King observe about love?

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