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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 sought help from President Kennedy who met civil rights leaders on what date and convinced them something good would occur?
2. King saw the rioting in Los Angeles as having arisen from what?
3. What did King identify as the three remaining steps in any nonviolent campaign once an assessment of whether injustices existed has been determined?
4. King noted that Mahatma Gandhi labored for many years without his people being independent, and he died from what?
5. Why did King respond to the eight clergymen when he rarely did so as it would leave him little time for "constructive" work?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did King view as democracy's most significant challenge?
2. How did King describe Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth?
3. How did King view Birmingham, Alabama?
4. What did King say in his address at the Atlanta dinner honoring his receipt of the Nobel Prize?
5. King experienced what when he initially took his position on the war in Vietnam?
6. What prompted King to visit Watts immediately following the riots despite being warned not to go there?
7. What did King say about Selma, Alabama, in 1965?
8. What were points King stipulated as to why he opposed the war in Vietnam?
9. Why did King see "the poverty of conscience of the white majority in Birmingham" as being clearest at the child martyrs' funerals in September 1963?
10. How did King describe his experience in Birmingham?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Evaluate King's being selected for the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. Consider how King viewed his being chosen and events associated with his subsequently being awarded. Address the impact his receipt of the prize had upon his journey toward achievement of racial equality.
Essay Topic 2
Judge King's perspective of Senator Barry Goldwater. Why was he disgusted by the Republican Party's presidential nomination of Goldwater in 1964? How did King view his stances on foreign policy issues? Did he consider Goldwater a racist? Why did King believe Goldwater's nomination would aid racists?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the significance of King's speech delivered to the Montgomery Improvement Association on the evening of 5 December 1955 with his "I Have a Dream" speech of 28 August 1963. Discuss the impact of the two addresses. What was King's assessment in his analysis of the importance of each?
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