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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. MLK states that a person would conclude that Birmingham had been in what type of slumber and had been trapped for decades?
(a) Continuous slumber.
(b) Restless slumber.
(c) Rip Van Winkle slumber.
(d) Winter slumber.
2. 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 freed the slaves long ago.
(b) Because he created all men as equals.
(c) Because he was a Negro as well.
(d) Because he was a figure of civil rights.
3. What does MLK state the moderates were doing for the Negro instead of asking him to stay in his "old ghetto"?
(a) They were ready to have them move into society with them.
(b) They were ready to build a new ghetto for him.
(c) They were ready to send them to another country.
(d) They were ready to hold their hands and help them find a new life.
4. Who was the prominent lawyer that had to leave the state after he delivered a speech after the Sunday school bombing?
(a) Charles Morgan.
(b) John Lewis.
(c) James Farmer.
(d) Roy Wilkins.
5. MLK states that the segregationists introduced a new and barbarous weapon on the Negros. What was this weapon?
(a) The shot gun.
(b) The pocket knife.
(c) The electric cattle prod.
(d) Barbed wire.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does MLK say the Easter season was chosen as the time for direct-action?
2. In the beginning of "The Summer of Our Discontent," what famous person does MLK mention came to join the ranks of people?
3. When MLK writes a letter to his fellow clergymen, he tells them that he heard they have called his activities what?
4. In Letter from Birmingham Jail, what word does MLK confess he is not afraid of?
5. Who did MLK hope would have been in the running of the run-off vote?
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