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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of acceptance does MLK say is more bewildering than outright rejection?
(a) Hidden.
(b) Various.
(c) Undecided.
(d) Lukewarm.

2. Who was the N.A.A.C.P. secretary that the segregationists showed their hatred by assassinating?
(a) Roger Blough.
(b) Roy Wilkins.
(c) Whitney Young, Jr.
(d) Medgar Evers.

3. MLK states that the Revolution is genuine because it was born from the same womb that always gives birth to massive social upheavals. The womb of intolerable conditions and unendurable what?
(a) Situations.
(b) Challenges.
(c) Sights.
(d) Places.

4. MLK states that when anyone would speak with President Eisenhower about racial justice they would come away with what?
(a) A feeling of power.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Mixed emotions.
(d) Postive outlook on the future of the nation.

5. MLK talks of people wondering "what the Negro will expect as he gains rights" and he likens the Negro people demanding more to what person?
(a) Orphan Annie.
(b) Andrew Tithsman.
(c) Mowgli.
(d) Oliver Twist.

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

7. MLK describes hate-filled youth that murdered a Negro boy while he was out doing what?
(a) Eating an ice cream cone.
(b) Kicking a can around the neighborhood.
(c) Riding his bicycle.
(d) Playing kickball with some friends.

8. What day did the newspapers show pictures of woman on the ground with policemen bending over them with raised clubs and children being faced by dogs?
(a) May 5th.
(b) May 4th.
(c) May 3rd.
(d) May 2nd.

9. How many affiliated organizations across the South does the Southern Christian Leadership Conference have?
(a) Seventy-five.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Eighty-five.

10. What does MLK say the Gandhian principle is?
(a) "Peace will win."
(b) "Fill up the jails."
(c) "Don't show your weakness."
(d) "Never fight back."

11. In the beginning of "The Summer of Our Discontent," what famous person does MLK mention came to join the ranks of people?
(a) Charles Carroll.
(b) Muhammad Ali.
(c) Floyd Patterson.
(d) Joe Louis.

12. MLK states that he has yet to engage in a direct-action campaign that was what?
(a) Easy to endure.
(b) Well timed.
(c) Not needed.
(d) Effective.

13. What did Mahatma Gandi do in moral leadership to set an example for his nation?
(a) He invited a family of untouchables to live with him.
(b) He adopted an untouchable as his daughter.
(c) He taught the untouchables.
(d) He lived with the untouchables.

14. In "The Days To Come" MLK states that it wasn't until when that the Army began to understand that the white man in uniform must respect a black man in uniform?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) World War I.
(c) The March on Washington.
(d) World War II.

15. 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) Uniformity.
(c) Agreement.
(d) Tolerance.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many steps does MLK say that a nonviolent campaign has?

2. MLK states that "academic freedom is a reality today" because who practiced civil disobedience?

3. In Letter from Birmingham Jail, what word does MLK confess he is not afraid of?

4. When six youngsters showed up to volunteer, where did Andy Young send them?

5. What does MLK quote St. Augustine as saying about an unjust law?

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