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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 speeches did King give in Memphis in March, 1968, about aid to government employees and against antipoverty policies?

2. When Albert Boutwell won a runoff election for mayor on 2 April 1963 against Birmingham Police Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor, what did Connor do?

3. King wanted President Johnson to continue these programs, but President Johnson was distracted by the conflict in Vietnam.

4. On 18 March 1968, King spoke before which striking labor group in Memphis?

5. How many black protesters marched on St. Augustine?

Short Essay Questions

1. King experienced what when he initially took his position on the war in Vietnam?

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

3. Why did King view the summer of 1963 as being historic?

4. Just shy of a year before he was assassinated, what point did King indicate had been reached?

5. What did King relate about Malcolm X' being in Selma, Alabama, during the nonviolent movement and Malcolm X' comments to Coretta?

6. In the final chapter, what was it King recalled about his stabbing recovery?

7. What reason did King give for his opting to work in Chicago in 1966?

8. Why did King and Abernathy leave jail in Birmingham?

9. What prompted King to visit Watts immediately following the riots despite being warned not to go there?

10. What did King say about Selma, Alabama, in 1965?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the circumstances that led King to what he described as "the angriest I have ever been in my life" at age 14? How would this episode lead him toward determining what his duty in life would be at a young age? What influence might it have had in his decision to take up Rosa Parks' cause in 1955?

Essay Topic 2

Survey King's review of his trial on charges of falsifying income taxes for the State of Alabama for 1956 and 1958. What reasons did he give for having believed he would be found guilty? What reasons did he offer as being in his favor? If he was convinced the jury was prejudiced against him, why did they not convict him? Would the jury not have ruled against King's black attorneys despite the level of their professional legal skills?

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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