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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. Who was the Governor of Arkansas when federal troops were called in to protect students at Central High School in Little Rock?

2. What did King note came out in the New York Times about his injury?

3. When did the bus desegregation order reached Montgomery?

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

5. When did King deliver his trial sermon at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did King view philosopher Walter Rauschenbusch?

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

3. How did King meet Coretta?

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

5. King continued to maintain what position while at Boston?

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

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

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

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

10. What was it King believed had been shoved upon his generation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Characterize King's doubts about the reliability of the Bible. When did they initially evolve? How did he balance his perception of the Bible with his profession? How was it he was to love a group (i.e., whites,) that hated him?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the four central barriers that King saw as being employed by Southern communities when denying blacks their right to vote. How did he describe these barriers as being utilized?

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