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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. Who is the dean of Negro leaders and responsible for proposing the March on Washington?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) A. Philip Randolph.
(c) Joachim Prinz.
(d) John J. Maguire.

2. MLK mentions a white businessman who asks if he's "just imagining it" or what?
(a) Or are Negroes "following a planned path to freedom?"
(b) Or are Negroes "walking a little straighter these days?"
(c) Or are Negroes "willing to fight until the death?"
(d) Or are Negroes "really sure they are our equals?"

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

4. What kind of pace does MLK say they are taking to gain a cup of coffee at a lunch counter?
(a) A horse-and-buggy pace.
(b) A maple syrup pace.
(c) A snail's pace.
(d) A turtle's pace.

5. What does the "C" stand for in the term, "Project C"?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Compliance.
(c) Confrontation.
(d) Celebration.

Short Answer Questions

1. MLK states that the segregationists introduced a new and barbarous weapon on the Negros. What was this weapon?

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

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

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

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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