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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 state that the American Negroes said after they "shook off three hundred years of psychological slavery"?
(a) "We are human beings too and deserve the chance for change."
(b) "We are in the right position to win."
(c) "We can make ourselves free."
(d) "We shall overcome."

2. What did Wyatt Walker confer with lawyers about?
(a) The city code on segregation.
(b) The city code on picketing.
(c) The city code on jail sentances.
(d) The city code on lunch counters.

3. What did Birmingham give up when they decided to close down the parks instead of having them integrated?
(a) Their golf team.
(b) Their football team.
(c) Their baseball team.
(d) Their soccer team.

4. 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) Still left signs up that said, "no colored allowed."
(c) Closed down the parks.
(d) Appealed to the courts.

5. What room number in the Gaston Motel did the planning committees meet in?
(a) Room 20.
(b) Room 15.
(c) Room 30.
(d) Room 40.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. MLK states that "academic freedom is a reality today" because who practiced civil disobedience?

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

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

5. Who was the prominent lawyer that had to leave the state after he delivered a speech after the Sunday school bombing?

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