| Coverage : The Rosa Parks quiz tests your knowledge of the unlikely civil rights leader with regard to her personal and activist life.
The Rosa Parks quiz questions are creatively compiled to allow you to gauge how much you really know about this interesting woman. |
| 1. | What was Rosa Parks' profession? |
| a. | | Housekeeper |
| b. | | Seamstress |
| c. | | Teacher |
| d. | | Housewife
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| 2. | Where was Rosa Parks born? |
| a. | | Memphis, Tenn. |
| b. | | Atlanta, Ga. |
| c. | | Montgomery, Ala. |
| d. | | Tuskegee, Ala.
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| 3. | Rosa Parks was born February 4, ______. |
| a. | | 1920 |
| b. | | 1914 |
| c. | | 1950 |
| d. | | 1913
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| 4. | What one act of civil disobedience launched Rosa Parks' fame as a civil rights activist? |
| a. | | She refused to use a different drinking fountain |
| b. | | She refused to move to the back of a bus |
| c. | | She laid her body across the doorway of a white church |
| d. | | She was seen in a white area of town after curfew
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| 5. | Rosa Parks never registered to vote. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 6. | When Rosa Parks was arrested after her refusal to move to another seat on the bus, what law was she charged with violating? |
| a. | | Segregation |
| b. | | Disorderly conduct |
| c. | | Vandalism |
| d. | | Trespassing
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| 7. | What was the name of Rosa Parks' autobiography, published in 1992? |
| a. | | "Rosa Parks: I'm Not Moving" |
| b. | | "Rosa Parks: My Life" |
| c. | | "Rosa Parks: Don't Move Me" |
| d. | | "Rosa Parks: My Story"
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| 8. | What was the name of the drug addict who attacked Rosa Parks in her home in 1994? |
| a. | | Thomas Tryon |
| b. | | Joseph Skipper |
| c. | | Jonathan Bear |
| d. | | Michael Danyon
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| 9. | How old was Rosa Parks when she died? |
| a. | | 90 |
| b. | | 87 |
| c. | | 92 |
| d. | | 91
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| 10. | What group awarded Rosa Parks the Spingarn Medal, its highest honor? |
| a. | | National Association of Educators |
| b. | | Seamstress Workers United |
| c. | | National Association for the Acceptance of Colored People |
| d. | | American Civil Liberties Union
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| 11. | Which president honored Rosa Parks with the Presidential Medal of Freedom? |
| a. | | George W. Bush |
| b. | | Gerald Ford |
| c. | | Jimmy Carter |
| d. | | Bill Clinton
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| 12. | In 1999 what magazine named Rosa Parks one of the most influential and iconic figures of the 20th Century? |
| a. | | Time |
| b. | | Newsweek |
| c. | | People |
| d. | | Rolling Stone
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| 13. | Where is the Rosa Parks Library and Museum located? |
| a. | | Atlanta, Ga. |
| b. | | Montomery, Ala. |
| c. | | New York, NY |
| d. | | Memphis, Tenn.
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| 14. | What caused Rosa Parks' death? |
| a. | | Pneumonia |
| b. | | Cancer |
| c. | | Progressive Dementia |
| d. | | Heart Attack
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| 15. | Who played Rosa Parks in the TV movie, "The Rosa Parks Story"? |
| a. | | Angela Bassett |
| b. | | Vanessa Williams |
| c. | | Alfre Woodard |
| d. | | Vivica A. Fox
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