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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. Widespread racial violence between 11-15 August 1965 in Los Angeles, California, resulted in how many deaths?
(a) Between 20-29.
(b) Over 30.
(c) Less than 10.
(d) Between 10-19.

2. King believed that the poor in Los Angeles saw the riots as their only means of doing what?
(a) Getting noticed.
(b) Achieving retribution.
(c) Gaining equitable goods.
(d) Punishing authorities.

3. What valediction did King use to conclude his letter?
(a) "Yours in pursuit of Christian understanding."
(b) "Yours humbly in Faith, Trust, and Hope."
(c) "Yours for the cause of Peace and Brotherhood."
(d) "In appreciation of your patience and understanding."

4. King argued that opposing violence was pragmatic for what reason?
(a) Because violence was inhumane.
(b) Because violence was not Christian.
(c) Because violence would create a backlash.
(d) Because violence was humane.

5. When did King initially call for a halt to the bombing of North Vietnam?
(a) 21 May 1966.
(b) 16 February 1965.
(c) 12 August 1965.
(d) 10 January 1966.

Short Answer Questions

1. King noted that the 1964 election afforded the civil rights, labor, religious, and intellectual leaders alliance what within a year?

2. King's book, "Where Do We Go from Here, Chaos or Community?" was written when?

3. What phrase did King use to describe the approach the black community would follow in its pursuit of the Poor People's Campaign?

4. What did King identify as the three remaining steps in any nonviolent campaign once an assessment of whether injustices existed has been determined?

5. Where was King assassinated on 4 April 1968?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompted King to visit Watts immediately following the riots despite being warned not to go there?

2. What did King stipulate about being jailed in Selma, Alabama?

3. What did King view as democracy's most significant challenge?

4. What reason did King give for his opting to work in Chicago in 1966?

5. How did James Meredith meet Stokely Carmichael?

6. How did King describe his experience in Birmingham?

7. Why did King and Abernathy leave jail in Birmingham?

8. What did King observe about Northern riots?

9. What were points King stipulated as to why he opposed the war in Vietnam?

10. What did King stipulate in his comparison of racial discrimination in the South and the North?

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