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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. How was King attacked in Harlem in 1958?

2. What happened when King's home was bombed?

3. People arrived from how many other countries around the world to welcome this new nation in Africa?

4. When did King and other civil rights leaders meet with Eisenhower?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did King view philosopher Walter Rauschenbusch?

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

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

5. What prompted King to make the comment during his initial conversation with Coretta that they should get married someday?

6. Why did King view 6 December 1955 as a day he would have to return to earth?

7. What city did King consider to be his home?

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

9. How did King describe his wife?

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

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

Survey King's review of his trial on charges of falsifying income taxes for the State of Alabama for 1956 and 1958. What reasons did he give for having believed he would be found guilty? What reasons did he offer as being in his favor? If he was convinced the jury was prejudiced against him, why did they not convict him? Would the jury not have ruled against King's black attorneys despite the level of their professional legal skills?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the stances King held concerning death. What did King convey about his view regarding death in general? What specifics did he relate regarding his own demise? Consider his near-death experience in Harlem in 1958? What about other death threats and plots against him? What did he relate regarding his own funeral?

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