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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the person during an interview of the Indian government's Prime Minister who asked, "But isn't that discrimination?" when the Prime Minister said that their schools were required to accept an untouchable over another person of high caste?
(a) John F Kennedy.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Lawrence Reddick.
(d) Jesse Jackson.

2. What is defined as a movement that changes both people and institutions?
(a) A democracy.
(b) A coholition.
(c) A revolution.
(d) A campaign.

3. President Kennedy once said something to MLK in the White House about not being too harsh on the judgment of someone. Who was the person that President Kennedy was speaking about?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) Bull Connor.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

4. As one of the first victims of the poison gas pellet, a young Negro started to say, "Save me" to who?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Joe Louis.
(c) God.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

5. When MLK appeared on the show, "Meet the Press," who appeared on the show with him?
(a) Roy Wilkins.
(b) His wife.
(c) Bull Connor.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

6. When the young Negro started to ask someone to save him in the room filling with poisonous gas, why does MLK state that that person would care if the young Negro died?
(a) Because he created all men as equals.
(b) Because he freed the slaves long ago.
(c) Because he was a Negro as well.
(d) Because he was a figure of civil rights.

7. MLK mentions a white businessman who asks if he's "just imagining it" or what?
(a) Or are Negroes "willing to fight until the death?"
(b) Or are Negroes "really sure they are our equals?"
(c) Or are Negroes "following a planned path to freedom?"
(d) Or are Negroes "walking a little straighter these days?"

8. What does MLK state is the answer to the most desperate need of all humanity?
(a) Nonviolence.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Unity.
(d) Action.

9. In "The Summer of Our Discontent," MLK states that our nation was born how?
(a) In acceptance.
(b) In genocide.
(c) In violence.
(d) In anger.

10. MLK talks about the fact that different organizations getting together for the unity of the movement is a remarkable feature of importance. He states that unity has never meant what?
(a) Peace.
(b) Tolerance.
(c) Uniformity.
(d) Agreement.

11. Who is the dean of Negro leaders and responsible for proposing the March on Washington?
(a) John J. Maguire.
(b) A. Philip Randolph.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Joachim Prinz.

12. What is the name of the person whose doctrine is "no man is an island"?
(a) Jesse Jackson.
(b) Bull Connor.
(c) Canon John Donne.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

13. After the President of the United States told the nation he would not allow extremists to sabotage a fair and just pact, how many federal troops did he order into Birmingham?
(a) Two thousand.
(b) Three thousand.
(c) Two thousand five hundred.
(d) Three thousand five hundred.

14. In his letter, MLK states that he has heard the word "Wait!" for years and that this word "Wait!" has always meant what?
(a) "Stop."
(b) "Never."
(c) "Someday."
(d) "Evil."

15. What does MLK consider one significant element of the March on Washington?
(a) That it was done in the nation's capital.
(b) That the white churches participated.
(c) That it joined together any race that had felt sorrow at one point or another.
(d) That it was a congregation of non-violent people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Jesus's apostles does MLK liken himself to in his letter to the clergymen?

2. What does MLK state that the American Negroes said after they "shook off three hundred years of psychological slavery"?

3. By the end of April, the attitude of the national press had changed, and the coverage the campaign received was what?

4. When the police ran out of paddy wagons to bring people in to the jail, what other two vehicles did they end up using to transport people?

5. What kind of acceptance does MLK say is more bewildering than outright rejection?

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