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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his own life and one of a person who sought to be strong, what was it King advised needed to be combined in one's character?

2. King stipulated he would not place his ultimate faith in little gods that could be destroyed when?

3. King grew up in, and later become co-pastor of, what church?

4. When did King, Sr., marry Martin and Coretta?

5. Which social philosopher did King stipulate left an indelible imprint on his thinking?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did King meet Coretta?

3. How did King view Reinhold Niebuhr?

4. How did Martin Luther King, Jr., describe his being religious?

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

6. In the opening of Chapter 11, "Birth of a New Nation," what was it King stipulated Ghana had to say?

7. What hardships did King recall when he entered college?

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

9. How did King describe his wife?

10. How did King view the Montgomery bus protest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assess the initial writing in Chapter 32 in which King elaborated on his view that "Life is a continual story of shattered dreams." Address points he made concerning Mahatma Gandhi, Woodrow Wilson, and the Apostle Paul. What was it individuals sought? King defined the story of life as being what? How could one be happy if they never achieved their goal?

Essay Topic 2

Elaborate on the assemblage of King's autobiography subsequent to his death. How was the authenticity of the autobiography ensured? What materials were used to construct the narrative? What autobiographical editorial judgments did Clayborne Carson incorporate? Was he successful in his autobiographical editing?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the significance of King's speech delivered to the Montgomery Improvement Association on the evening of 5 December 1955 with his "I Have a Dream" speech of 28 August 1963. Discuss the impact of the two addresses. What was King's assessment in his analysis of the importance of each?

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