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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. On which television program on the evening of 29 May 1966 did King urge an end to the bombing in Vietnam?
2. King stipulated there was an opportunity to use massive nonviolent action as a means to escape national disaster and achieve what during the Poor People's Campaign?
3. After he explained why he was responding to their letter, what was the first item King addressed?
4. King stated his life would not have been in vain if what?
5. Where did King deliver his initial public antiwar speech on 4 April 1967?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did King view St. Augustine, Florida, in 1964?
2. In his letter from the Birmingham Jail, how did King address the eight ministers who questioned direct action?
3. What transpired in the SCLC headquarters when it was learned that James Meredith had been shot?
4. King experienced what when he initially took his position on the war in Vietnam?
5. What was King's opinion about frustration and aggression?
6. Why did King use the phrase "one of the most important meetings we ever convened" to depict a SCLC staff meeting held in November, 1967?
7. How did King view Birmingham, Alabama?
8. In the final chapter, what was it King recalled about his stabbing recovery?
9. How did King describe Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth?
10. Why did King and Abernathy leave jail in Birmingham?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 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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