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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. When was Rosa Parks arrested?
(a) 6 December 1955.
(b) 1 December 1955.
(c) 20 November 1955.
(d) 26 November 1955.

2. What location in India did King describe as among the most beautiful in the world?
(a) Cape Colony.
(b) Cape Canaveral.
(c) Cape Comorin.
(d) Cape Cod.

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

4. Where was Martin Luther King, Jr., born?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Selma.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Birmingham.

5. King grew up in, and later become co-pastor of, what church?
(a) Auburn Baptist.
(b) Ebenezer Baptist.
(c) Philemon Baptist.
(d) Leviticus Baptist.

Short Answer Questions

1. King described his mother as having been what?

2. When did a Montgomery Grand Jury indict King and others on an antiboycott law?

3. What structure stood diagonally across the square from the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?

4. What happened when King's home was bombed?

5. King's experiences with the Intercollegiate Council convinced him there were many whites who were allies, particularly whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did King view 6 December 1955 as a day he would have to return to earth?

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

4. What was King's next step in his journey toward nonviolence following his studies at Crozer?

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

6. How did King describe his initial meeting with John F. Kennedy?

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

8. What did King note about the Great Depression?

9. What did King observe that Ghana symbolized?

10. How did King view Reinhold Niebuhr?

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