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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 assessed the summer of 1963 when he noted it was what?
(a) An insurgency, not merely an insurgent.
(b) A revolution, not merely a revolt.
(c) A struggle, not merely an uprising.
(d) A war, not merely a battle.

2. President Kennedy announced a new civil rights proposal on 11 June 1963 and met with King when?
(a) 22 June 1963.
(b) 28 June 1963.
(c) 11 June 1963.
(d) 17 June 1963.

3. What did the State of California repeal?
(a) Its law preventing segregation in restaurants.
(b) Its law preventing segregation in schools.
(c) Its law preventing racial discrimination in employment.
(d) Its law preventing racial discrimination in housing.

4. Following a press conference at the U.S. Senate, when was the only encounter King had with Malcolm X?
(a) On 5 April 1964.
(b) On 16 May 1964.
(c) On 6 June 1964.
(d) On 26 March 1964.

5. On 18 March 1968, King spoke before which striking labor group in Memphis?
(a) Harvest workers.
(b) Industrial Assemblers Union.
(c) American Federation of Labor.
(d) Sanitation workers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. King sought help from President Kennedy who met civil rights leaders on what date and convinced them something good would occur?

3. In the chapter about the Nobel Prize, King described his view of airline personnel and ranked which members as foremost?

4. How did King indicate protesters approaching Washington would arrive?

5. On 26 July 1965 King led a march on Chicago City Hall and spoke before a rally sponsored by which organization?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did King indicate he recalled saying in his letter from the Birmingham Jail?

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

3. What did King relate about Malcolm X' being in Selma, Alabama, during the nonviolent movement and Malcolm X' comments to Coretta?

4. How did King describe life?

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

6. King experienced what when he initially took his position on the war in Vietnam?

7. What did King say about Selma, Alabama, in 1965?

8. Why did King view the summer of 1963 as being historic?

9. Why did King use the phrase "one of the most important meetings we ever convened" to depict a SCLC staff meeting held in November, 1967?

10. What was King's opinion about frustration and aggression?

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