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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter from Birmingham Jail.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did MLK hope would have been in the running of the run-off vote?
(a) Boutwell and King.
(b) King and Conner.
(c) Boutwell and Conner.
(d) King and Walker.

3. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch's daughter aids him in dispersing a mob by doing what?
(a) Singing a song.
(b) Reading from the Bible.
(c) Calling the men by name.
(d) Crying and begging the men to stop.

4. What kind of acceptance does MLK say is more bewildering than outright rejection?
(a) Various.
(b) Hidden.
(c) Lukewarm.
(d) Undecided.

5. In 1963, who was the Vice President of the United States?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) Hubert Humphrey.
(d) Gerald Ford.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to wait how?

2. After the first three days of the lunch counter sit-ins, how many arrests had there been?

3. Why does MLK say the Easter season was chosen as the time for direct-action?

4. What did the city commissioners, including Bull Connor, refuse to do after the results of the run-off vote?

5. MLK and his groups decided to limit the first few days' efforts of the campaign to what?

(see the answer key)

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