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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. The 1964 Nobel Prize for Peace was received by King, but whom did he feel truly deserved the award?
(a) Those killed for the Civil Rights movement.
(b) The Civil Rights movement.
(c) Ralph Abernathy.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

2. James Meredith, who was wounded by a sniper during his "March Against Fear" on 6 June 1966, integrated which institution in 1962?
(a) The University of Alabama.
(b) The University of Southern Mississippi.
(c) The Mississippi State University.
(d) The University of Mississippi.

3. After he explained why he was responding to their letter, what was the first item King addressed?
(a) Their deploration of Birmingham demonstrations, not the causes of them.
(b) He related the events sequentially that led up to the demonstrations.
(c) Why he was in Birmingham and their view against "'outsiders coming in.'"
(d) The four basic steps required by any nonviolent campaign.

4. Why did King respond to the eight clergymen when he rarely did so as it would leave him little time for "constructive" work?
(a) He felt they were sincere and he wanted to answer in patient terms.
(b) Since they were all clergy he felt they would listen to his response.
(c) Since he was incarcerated, he had time to respond and felt hey would listen.
(d) As fellow clergy he felt they would listen to his response reasonably.

5. King wanted President Johnson to continue these programs, but President Johnson was distracted by the conflict in Vietnam.
(a) The Progressive Society programs.
(b) The Fair Society programs.
(c) The Successfull Society programs.
(d) The Great Society programs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did King receive a letter from eight clergy members from all major faiths while in jail?

2. White youths murdered a black boy who rode his bicycle while on the same day, a black girl was killed on the streets by whom?

3. Where did Coretta meet Malcolm X on 5 February 1965?

4. What was the purpose of King's 13-point written instructions from jail in Selma, Alabama, to movement associates in February, 1965?

5. King argued that opposing violence was pragmatic for what reason?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did King say in his address at the Atlanta dinner honoring his receipt of the Nobel Prize?

3. Why did King see "the poverty of conscience of the white majority in Birmingham" as being clearest at the child martyrs' funerals in September 1963?

4. In the final chapter, what was it King recalled about his stabbing recovery?

5. How did King view St. Augustine, Florida, in 1964?

6. How did King describe life?

7. How did James Meredith meet Stokely Carmichael?

8. How did King view Senator Barry Goldwater's nomination as the Republican Party's 1964 candidate for President?

9. How did King describe Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth?

10. In his letter from the Birmingham Jail, how did King address the eight ministers who questioned direct action?

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