Martin Luther King Jr MCQ Multiple Choice Questions - Page 2 for Practice

Q: 16. What legislation was passed in 1964 as a result of the March on Washington?

Correct Answer is: Civil Rights Act

Q: 18. What organization named King its Man of the Year for 1963?

Correct Answer is: Time magazine

Q: 19. What type of award did Dr. King receive?

Correct Answer is: Nobel Peace Prize

Q: 21. What was the first Civil Rights action King was involved in?

Correct Answer is: Montgomery Bus Boycott

Q: 22. What was the first major civil rights action that Martin Luther King, Jr. led?

Correct Answer is: Montgomery Bus Boycott

Q: 24. Where did Martin Luther King Jr study and receive his doctorate of divinity degree?

Correct Answer is: Boston University

Q: 25. Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous I Have a Dream speech?

Correct Answer is: Lincoln Monument in Washington, D.C.

Q: 26. Which event might be seen as Kings greatest accomplishment as a Civil Rights leader?

Correct Answer is: March on Washington

Q: 27. Which prestigious prize was won by King in yaer 1964?

Correct Answer is: Nobel Peace Prize

Q: 28. Who was Martin Luther King, Jr. wife?

Correct Answer is: Coretta Scott

Martin Luther King Jr MCQ Questions for Practice

16. What legislation was passed in 1964 as a result of the March on Washington?

Thirteenth Amendment
Disabilities Act
Civil Rights Act
Social Security Act

17. What month do we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day?

March
January
September
November

18. What organization named King its Man of the Year for 1963?

Time magazine
The Southern Baptist Convention
The United Nations
None of the above

19. What type of award did Dr. King receive?

Good Citizen Award
Caldecott Medal
Nobel Peace Prize
None of the above

20. What type of protests did Martin Luther King, Jr. organize?

Violent
Destructive
Non-violent
Armed attacks

21. What was the first Civil Rights action King was involved in?

March on Washington
I Have A Dream speech
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Leading a march against on Washington

22. What was the first major civil rights action that Martin Luther King, Jr. led?

Little Rock Nine
March on Washington
Birmingham Campaign
Montgomery Bus Boycott

23. What year was year at which Martin Luther King assassinated?

1978
1968
1958
1959

24. Where did Martin Luther King Jr study and receive his doctorate of divinity degree?

Boston University
Harvard Divinity School
Duke Divinity School
Oxford University

25. Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous I Have a Dream speech?

Lincoln Monument in Washington, D.C.
Courthouse in Montgomery, Ala.
Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga.
None of the above

26. Which event might be seen as Kings greatest accomplishment as a Civil Rights leader?

March on Washington
the I Have A Dream speech
leading a march against poverty
flying to India to study Gandhis way

27. Which prestigious prize was won by King in yaer 1964?

Pulitzer Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
The Pulitzer Prize
The Congressional Medal of Honor

28. Who was Martin Luther King, Jr. wife?

Karen Jones
Sylvia Latta
Kelly Seaton
Coretta Scott

29. Whose techniques did King usually follow?

Mohandas K Gandhi
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Sr.
Abraham Lincoln