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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. Why was Coretta unable to travel frequently with King?

2. King indicated that what the world needed was a group of women and men willing to do what?

3. When did King receive his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer Seminary?

4. What custom did King follow every Sunday morning?

5. King said the birth of this new African nation renewed his conviction in what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did King move to Atlanta following five years in Montgomery?

6. King described the Montgomery Movement as what type of turning point?

7. How did King view Reinhold Niebuhr?

8. How did King meet Coretta?

9. What did King observe about love?

10. How did King describe his wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the circumstances that led King to what he described as "the angriest I have ever been in my life" at age 14? How would this episode lead him toward determining what his duty in life would be at a young age? What influence might it have had in his decision to take up Rosa Parks' cause in 1955?

Essay Topic 2

Included in King's "Statement at Founding Conference of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee" were five elements he provided for discussion. In retrospect, given those points King denoted and his guidance skills, consider how they influenced the leaders and students in attendance. How would those who had staged sit-ins in ten states and over forty communities previously now subsequently chart their future goals?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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