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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. When MLK writes a letter to his fellow clergymen, he tells them that he heard they have called his activities what?
(a) Desirable and praiseworthy.
(b) Honorable and wise.
(c) Unwise and untimely.
(d) Selfish and Ugly.

2. The merchants that were a part of the Senior Citizens Committee that met with the campaign leaders went back on their agreement. What was the rumor for the reason of what the merchants did?
(a) That the Negros didn't follow through with their end of the agreement.
(b) That Bull Conner had threatened some of the merchants.
(c) That they didn't think it would matter and so they went back on their agreement.
(d) They didn't like that not all the merchants followed the agreement so they didn't want to follow it either.

3. MLK tells the clergymen in his letter that anyone who lives where can never be considered an outsider?"
(a) The earth.
(b) The state of Alabama.
(c) The United States.
(d) Any of the southern states.

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

5. Who was the prominent lawyer that had to leave the state after he delivered a speech after the Sunday school bombing?
(a) James Farmer.
(b) Roy Wilkins.
(c) John Lewis.
(d) Charles Morgan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose descendants showed up with banners saying, "Order Before Justice"?

2. MLK states that a person would conclude that Birmingham had been in what type of slumber and had been trapped for decades?

3. In "The Summer of Our Discontent," MLK states that our nation was born how?

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

5. When Negros went to work they would eat in separate places and use what things labeled "colored"?

(see the answer key)

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