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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Summer of Our Discontent.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does MLK consider one significant element of the March on Washington?
(a) That it was a congregation of non-violent people.
(b) That it was done in the nation's capital.
(c) That it joined together any race that had felt sorrow at one point or another.
(d) That the white churches participated.

2. In Letter from Birmingham Jail, what word does MLK confess he is not afraid of?
(a) Hate.
(b) Adversary.
(c) Tension.
(d) Violence.

3. When the young Negro started to ask someone to save him in the room filling with poisonous gas, why does MLK state that that person would care if the young Negro died?
(a) Because he was a Negro as well.
(b) Because he created all men as equals.
(c) Because he freed the slaves long ago.
(d) Because he was a figure of civil rights.

4. Who offered up their apartment for the revolution/campaign leaders to meet in in New York City?
(a) Harry Belafonte.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Harry Wagner.
(d) Wyatt Walker.

5. The results of the March 5th election showed that no candidate had a clear victory. The city had to hold a run-off vote when?
(a) The fourth week in March.
(b) The third week in March.
(c) The second week in April.
(d) The first week in April.

Short Answer Questions

1. In May of 1962, where was the board meeting of the S.C.L.C. held?

2. Which of Jesus's apostles does MLK liken himself to in his letter to the clergymen?

3. What does MLK see as the great stumbling block that the Negros face?

4. What does MLK state in his letter is the basic reason that he is in Birmingham?

5. MLK talks about the positive growth of the movement, and supporters were increasing from white and Negro people. The number of S.C.L.C. affiliates jumped from 85 to what?

(see the answer key)

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