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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 did King identify as the three remaining steps in any nonviolent campaign once an assessment of whether injustices existed has been determined?

2. Racial rioting between 12-14 July 1967 on Chicago's West Side resulted in what?

3. What transpired in St. Augustine, Florida, that instigated the fight for the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

4. What did the State of California repeal?

5. Which group, in conjunction with the SCLC, launched a protest following the election in Birmingham?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was King's opinion about frustration and aggression?

2. What transpired in the SCLC headquarters when it was learned that James Meredith had been shot?

3. What did King say in his address at the Atlanta dinner honoring his receipt of the Nobel Prize?

4. In his letter from the Birmingham Jail, how did King address the eight ministers who questioned direct action?

5. What did King indicate he recalled saying in his letter from the Birmingham Jail?

6. How did James Meredith meet Stokely Carmichael?

7. How did King view St. Augustine, Florida, in 1964?

8. How did King describe Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth?

9. What were points King stipulated as to why he opposed the war in Vietnam?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Elaborate on the assemblage of King's autobiography subsequent to his death. How was the authenticity of the autobiography ensured? What materials were used to construct the narrative? What autobiographical editorial judgments did Clayborne Carson incorporate? Was he successful in his autobiographical editing?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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