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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. What were among the false rumors spread about King?

2. King stipulated there was something in the universe that justified Cullen Bryant when he said what?

3. Who received a call from John F. Kennedy on 26 October 1960?

4. When were the Kings able to make their trip to India?

5. Although he never endorsed him, King felt Kennedy would make the better President for what reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did King's behavior reflect upon his perceived stereotype whites typically had of blacks?

2. How did King view philosopher Walter Rauschenbusch?

3. Why was it King viewed previously inactive Albany, Georgia, as having become turbulent?

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

5. How did King view Reinhold Niebuhr?

6. How did King conclude he dealt with the traumas he faced in 1958?

7. What awoke King and Ralph Abernathy at 2:00 a.m. on 9 January 1957?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast King's commitment to nonviolent resistance with his concern about the capability of love to resolve social problems. How did his views regarding nonviolence and pacifism evolve? How did he balance nonviolence with active opposition to totalitarianism, segregation, seeking voting rights, and other causes? Why was it King could not apply the concept of Christian love to institutions? What increased King's confidence in the social power of love?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Characterize King's perspective of John F. Kennedy from his Presidential candidacy through his assassination in November, 1963. How was it affected subsequent to King's meeting him? Delineate King's view of Kennedy's commitment to civil rights. How did King compare positions Kennedy adopted with actions he took during his administration? What was his opinion subsequent to Kennedy's death?

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