Test Your Knowledge Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A brief quiz designed to test your knowledge of Dr. Martin Luther King, JR. Click the Start Quiz button below to get started.
- 1.What year was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
- A.
1960
- B.
1963
- C.
1968
- D.
1973
- E.
None of the above
- 2.Where did Rosa Parks become famous?
- A.
At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
- B.
At a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas
- C.
On a bus in Montgomery, Alabama
- D.
On a march in Selma, Alabama
- E.
In a restaurant for all whites only
- 3.Which president signed the first major civil rights act of the 20th Century?
- A.
John F. Kennedy
- B.
Lyndon B. Johnson
- C.
Richard M. Nixon
- D.
Ronald Reagan
- E.
Jimmy Carter
- 4.Which president signed the law creating the Martin Luther King holiday?
- A.
John F. Kennedy
- B.
Lyndon B. Johnson
- C.
Richard M. Nixon
- D.
Ronald Reagan
- E.
Jimmy Carter
- 5.What was the name of King's first book?
- A.
Stride Toward Freedom
- B.
Dreamer
- C.
Why We Can't Wait
- D.
We Shall Overcome
- E.
I Have a Dream
- 6.Where was the tactic of the sit-in protest first used?
- A.
At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
- B.
At a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas
- C.
On a bus in Birmingham, Alabama
- D.
On a march in Selma, Alabama
- E.
In a public library for whites only
- 7.Where did King deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?
- A.
At Ebenezer Baptist Church
- B.
In front of the Atlanta City Hall
- C.
At the Lincoln Memorial
- D.
At the Nobel Prize Ceremony
- E.
On the steps of the White House
- 8.What foreign figure has King been compared to?
- A.
Elijah Muhammad
- B.
Charles de Gaulle
- C.
Mohandas Gandhi
- D.
Albert Nobel
- E.
Nelson Mandela
- 9.What year was the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday first observed?
- A.
1967
- B.
1969
- C.
1973
- D.
1983
- E.
1986
- 10.What black leader was killed five years before King's assassination?
- A.
James Meredith
- B.
Malcolm X
- C.
Stokely Carmichael
- D.
Medgar Evers
- E.
Angela Davis
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