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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 quote St. Augustine as saying about an unjust law?
(a) That "an unjust law should only follow by those who make it."
(b) That "an unjust law should be followed by law even if we don't like it."
(c) That "an unjust law is no law at all."
(d) That "an unjust law is still a law."

2. Who said, "Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God"?
(a) Martin Luther.
(b) Paul.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

3. When the city of Birmingham lost a case and had to open public-recreation to all its citizens, what did the authorities do?
(a) Rioted in the streets.
(b) Appealed to the courts.
(c) Closed down the parks.
(d) Still left signs up that said, "no colored allowed."

4. Who "ruled" Birmingham with terror and racist rule?
(a) Miles Anderson.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) Fred Shuttlesworth
(d) Bull Connor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. MLK mentions a white businessman who asks if he's "just imagining it" or what?

2. Where are the headquarters of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference located?

3. How many affiliated organizations across the South does the Southern Christian Leadership Conference have?

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

5. What room number in the Gaston Motel did the planning committees meet in?

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