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

2. MLK states that "academic freedom is a reality today" because who practiced civil disobedience?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Archelaus.
(d) Socrates.

3. In the beginning of "The Summer of Our Discontent," what famous person does MLK mention came to join the ranks of people?
(a) Floyd Patterson.
(b) Muhammad Ali.
(c) Charles Carroll.
(d) Joe Louis.

4. 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 can make ourselves free."
(c) "We shall overcome."
(d) "We are in the right position to win."

5. The results of the March 5th election showed that no candidate had a clear victory. The city had to hold a run-off vote when?
(a) The second week in April.
(b) The third week in March.
(c) The first week in April.
(d) The fourth week in March.

Short Answer Questions

1. As one of the first victims of the poison gas pellet, a young Negro started to say, "Save me" to who?

2. What does MLK describe as the ultimate tragedy of Birmingham?

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

4. MLK describes hate-filled youth that murdered a Negro boy while he was out doing what?

5. When MLK writes a letter to his fellow clergymen, he tells them that he heard they have called his activities what?

(see the answer key)

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