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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bull Connor's Birmingham.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nonviolent "soldiers" burnished their greatest weapons which consisted of their heart, their conscience, their courage and what other thing?
(a) Their devotion to family.
(b) Their sense of justice.
(c) Their desire to be a whole nation.
(d) Their boldness.

2. What does MLK say the extremists were saying while the conservatives were saying, "let us not move so fast"?
(a) "Let us go out and fight until death."
(b) "Let us go out and stand tall in front of the white man."
(c) "Let us go out and take a stand against those who have wronged us."
(d) "Let us go out and whip the world."

3. What does MLK describe as the ultimate tragedy of Birmingham?
(a) The sinfulness of the bad people.
(b) The fear of the good people.
(c) The silence of the good people.
(d) The brutality of the bad people.

4. How many cities are mentioned to be in civil turmoil in the beginning of "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963"?
(a) Almost two hundred.
(b) Almost three hundred and fifty.
(c) Almost one thousand.
(d) Almost one thousand five hundred.

5. In May of 1962, where was the board meeting of the S.C.L.C. held?
(a) Chattanooga.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) New York City.
(d) Atlanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a first step of the meetings with the white Senior Citizens Committee, some of the merchants agreed to remove what?

2. At the rate that integration of schools was going, what year would the integration of schools be a reality?

3. MLK states that a person would have come to a startling conclusion if they had visited Birmingham before what date?

4. By 1963, more than how many African nations had risen from colonial bondage?

5. When the city of Birmingham lost a case and had to open public-recreation to all its citizens, what did the authorities do?

(see the answer key)

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