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

2. Although he and Malcolm X did not always see eye-to-eye as to methods, King stipulated Malcolm X had the great ability to do what?
(a) "Always placed the problems of his race over his own personal safety."
(b) "Honestly and eloquently present his point of view without offending."
(c) "Put his finger on the existence and root of the problem."
(d) "Eloquently and honestly express his viewpoint on the race problem."

3. In his letter to the clergy, King described Birmingham as likely the most thoroughly segregated city where?
(a) In the U.S.
(b) In the South.
(c) In the world.
(d) In Alabama.

4. Where was a plot by a guerrilla group on King's life discovered during the summer of 1964?
(a) In Alabama.
(b) In Florida.
(c) In Mississippi.
(d) In Georgia.

5. King's book, "Where Do We Go from Here, Chaos or Community?" was written when?
(a) In mid-1967.
(b) In early 1967.
(c) In mid-1966.
(d) In late 1966.

Short Answer Questions

1. King assessed the summer of 1963 when he noted it was what?

2. What valediction did King use to conclude his letter?

3. How did King respond to President Kennedy's having called Coretta over Easter weekend?

4. What transpired in St. Augustine, Florida, that instigated the fight for the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What did King observe about Northern riots?

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

5. How did King describe his experience in Birmingham?

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

7. What transpired in the SCLC headquarters when it was learned that James Meredith had been shot?

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

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

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

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