Martin Luther King: Life Quiz
How much do you know about this now passed human rights activist?
Questions and Answers
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Martin Luther King Jr was born in the 1930's in Detroit, Michigan.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
Martin Luther King Jr was born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta Georgia.Rate this question:
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- 2.
Martin Luther King Jr's birth name is Michael king.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
Born Michael King, his father changed his name to Martin Luther King to honor a German reformer Martin Luther.Rate this question:
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After his grandmother Jennie died of a heart attack in 1941 King attempted suicide.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
After his grandmother's death in 1941, young King only 12 years old jumped out of a window in their two story family home in an attempt to take his own life.Rate this question:
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- 4.
Martin Luther King is remembered for his "if only" speech.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
Martin Luther King is remembered for his 1963 "i have a dream" speech at the Lincoln memorial in Washington D.C. where he talks about freedom and equality for all.Rate this question:
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King was assassinated on April 4th, 1968.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
On the morning of April 4th, 1968 a sniper bullet took 39 year old Martin Luther Kings life. He was standing on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee when a 39 caliber bullet entered his cheek. An escaped convict with the name James Earl Ray was accused and arrested for Kings murder, but in the eyes of most, including Kings family James was innocent.Rate this question:
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- 6.
Martin Luther king was an activist for animal rights.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
Martin Luther King was an activist for human rights among blacks. King was also the leader of the African-american Civil Rights Movement.Rate this question:
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- 7.
King skipped grade 9 & 12.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
At age 15 Martin Luther King entered Morehouse College without properly graduating from highschool.Rate this question:
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- 8.
King took a trip to India in the late 1950's.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
Mahatma Gandhi had inspired King so much so that in 1959 he took a trip to India and deepened his understanding of nonviolence activism, he made an appearance on radio and talked about nonviolence resistance as being "the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for justice and human dignity"Rate this question:
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James Earl Ray assassinated Martin Luther King
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
James Earl Ray an escaped convict confessed to MLK's murder in 1969Rate this question:
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Mar 22, 2023Quiz Edited by
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Sep 24, 2014Quiz Created by
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