Cesar Chavez Commonwealth Club Address Quiz

Rhetoric is all EXCEPT the following:

• Persuasive language

• The art of persuasion

• Cesar's latest boycott

• A tool used by writers and speakers

Today, thousands of farm workers live under savage conditions.

What does savage mean?

• unkind

• deaf

• tough

• harsh

In P. 11, What specifically was helping create change for Chicanos and Hispanics, especially at that time?

• They were getting educated

• They were entering politics

• They were fighting for their rights

• All of the above

In P.9, How is the UFW considered "something dangerous" by others?

• it's not really a union

• it serves bread and butter

• It's the Bill of Rights

• It attacks injustice by organizing into a union and fighting it together

Define implements.

• property or personal possessions

• tools

• union organizers

• people who organize

What is the best definition of union?

• an organization of farm owners formed to advance the interests of its members

• an organization of workers formed to advance the interests of its employers

• an organization of workers formed to advance the interests of its members

• an organization of growers formed to advance the interests of its workers

In P. 12, What has the farm workers movement done for other Hispanics?

• Given them the chance to unionize

• Given them hope that they can be something and have something different.

• Made them feel like targets

• None of these

Which choice best sums up the successful boycott Cesar Chavez did from 1965 until 1970?

• stop buying grapes

• stop buying grapes grown by certain growers

• Stop working in the factories

• Go on a hunger strike

"We dismantled our boycott to work with the law."

Which is the best definition of dismantled?

• formed

• fashioned

• destroyed

• took apart

What is ONE rhetorical tool that Chavez uses in P. 8 of the speech?

• Appeal to intelligence of the audience

• Hyperbole

• Ask rhetorical question(s)

• Cites statistics