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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 many people took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
2. Civil rights leaders focused on Selma, Alabama, in 1965 as 15,000 blacks were eligible to vote there, but only how many were registered?
3. In his letter to the clergy, King described Birmingham as likely the most thoroughly segregated city where?
4. When did a Ku Klux Klan meeting take place relative to the bombs being having been set?
5. The 1964 Nobel Prize for Peace was received by King, but whom did he feel truly deserved the award?
Short Essay Questions
1. In his letter from the Birmingham Jail, how did King address the eight ministers who questioned direct action?
2. How did King describe his experience in Birmingham?
3. What did King indicate he recalled saying in his letter from the Birmingham Jail?
4. How did James Meredith meet Stokely Carmichael?
5. What did King say about Selma, Alabama, in 1965?
6. What reason did King give for his opting to work in Chicago in 1966?
7. What did King say in his address at the Atlanta dinner honoring his receipt of the Nobel Prize?
8. How did King view St. Augustine, Florida, in 1964?
9. What was King's opinion about frustration and aggression?
10. How did King describe life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Assess the initial writing in Chapter 32 in which King elaborated on his view that "Life is a continual story of shattered dreams." Address points he made concerning Mahatma Gandhi, Woodrow Wilson, and the Apostle Paul. What was it individuals sought? King defined the story of life as being what? How could one be happy if they never achieved their goal?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze King's reasoning for what he termed "a turning point in my life" in 1960. Why did King move to Atlanta and accept a co-pastor position? In what events did he become involved during the first year? How did his schedule in Atlanta compare with what it had been in Montgomery? What did he soon come to recognize?
Essay Topic 3
King frequently used the analogies of being on mountaintops or in valleys within his writings to illustrate his points. What are various examples of other times King employed the analogy tool to convey a point?
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