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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. Although he and Malcolm X did not always see eye-to-eye as to methods, King stipulated Malcolm X had the great ability to do what?

2. King argued that the members of which religious faith must be committed to providing aid to the poor?

3. What phrase did King use to describe the approach the black community would follow in its pursuit of the Poor People's Campaign?

4. King sought as his legacy justice, he was good to both the oppressed and the poor, and strove to do right even when he was what?

5. Widespread racial violence between 11-15 August 1965 in Los Angeles, California, resulted in how many deaths?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did King stipulate in his comparison of racial discrimination in the South and the North?

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

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

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

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

10. How did James Meredith meet Stokely Carmichael?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the reasons why King eventually accepted the pastorate of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. What other directions did he consider and what other options were available? What were the negatives of employment in the South in comparison with employment in the North? What did he and Coretta believe was his mission in life that swayed his decision?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the stances King held concerning death. What did King convey about his view regarding death in general? What specifics did he relate regarding his own demise? Consider his near-death experience in Harlem in 1958? What about other death threats and plots against him? What did he relate regarding his own funeral?

Essay Topic 3

Included in King's "Statement at Founding Conference of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee" were five elements he provided for discussion. In retrospect, given those points King denoted and his guidance skills, consider how they influenced the leaders and students in attendance. How would those who had staged sit-ins in ten states and over forty communities previously now subsequently chart their future goals?

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