Letter From Birmingham Jail (Part I)

Why was King in Birmingham?

• he was invited to help fight the segregation there

• he lived there

• he gave a speech there but drove over the speed limit on his way out of town

• he picked Birmingham as the next place to hold a non-violent protest

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

To whom is the Letter from Birmingham Jail addressed?

• ministers who criticized King's efforts
• whites who arrested King for no reason
• his coworkers in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• his wife and his lawyer

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

"the stinging dart of segregation"

• metaphor
• simile
• allusion
• negotation

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Justice too long delayed is justice _________"

• denied.

• waiting to happen.

• soon.

• never.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Clergymen are

• brothers at arms

• religious leaders

• rebels

• county judges

What does King mean in lines 37–38 when he says, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”?

• All citizens are equally threatened by justice.

• Discrimination does not exist in rural areas.

• All laws are unfair and should be ignored.

• Everyone is affected when one person is hurt.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

According to King, the purpose of direct nonviolent action is to

• end the bombings of homes and churches.
• create tension so that people have to confront an issue.
• halt the activities of both merchants and consumers.
• draw the sympathy of the religious community and moderate whites.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which of the following is not a step in Dr. King's nonviolent campaign?

• negotiation

• collection of facts

• direct action

• disappointment

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law or natural law." Dr. King uses this allusion to St. Thomas Aquinas to...

• encourage citizens to break laws they disagree with.

• support the view that segregation laws are unjust.

• assert that all laws must be obeyed.

• impress other clergymen with his knowledge.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Any biblical reference in regular text is called a/an

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3