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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. King called Reverend Theodore Jemison for assistance as he had previously led a bus boycott where?

2. In a paper submitted at Crozer Seminary, King indicated he had nearly despaired over _______'s power to resolve social problems.

3. When did the U.S. Supreme Court declare segregation laws unconstitutional?

4. The sit-in movement began in a lunch counter in what location?

5. King's experiences with the Intercollegiate Council convinced him there were many whites who were allies, particularly whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did King describe his wife?

2. When did King begin a search to eliminate social evil?

3. What did King observe that Ghana symbolized?

4. How did King view Reinhold Niebuhr?

5. In his freshman year in college, what was King's view of "On Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau?

6. What was King's next step in his journey toward nonviolence following his studies at Crozer?

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

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

9. How did King recall Morehouse College dealt with the issue of racial ills?

10. How did King view the Montgomery bus protest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast King's opinions of the violence in Watts in 1965 with that in Chicago in 1966, and the subsequent successes and failures of both. How did he perceive slums in both environments? What did King discern resulted from these riots? How did he connect fighting against poverty with racial justice? How did the nonviolent movement encounter a crisis in the North? What did the drives seek in both cities?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze King's reasoning for what he termed "a turning point in my life" in 1960. Why did King move to Atlanta and accept a co-pastor position? In what events did he become involved during the first year? How did his schedule in Atlanta compare with what it had been in Montgomery? What did he soon come to recognize?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the context for King's occupational selection. Consider the paths of his other familial members. What were the environmental and cultural factors of his growing up in Atlanta during the Depression? What other influences may have swayed him?

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