Quiz: "I Have a Dream"

King mentions the writers of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence because they ____.

• A. faced poverty and discrimination.

• B. issued promissory notes to United States banks

• C. believed in equality of rights for all.

• D. eliminated slavery.

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King makes a comparison between a promissory note and the....

• A. Gettysburg Address.

• B. impending debt crisis

• C. Declaration of Independence.

• D. Emancipation Proclamation.

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As people struggle to obtain justice, King warns them to avoid ...

• A. writing bad checks.

• B. police brutality

• C. trials and tribulations.

• D. hatred and violence.

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King notes that civil rights activists are sometimes asked, “When will you be satisfied?” What does he say will satisfy African Americans?

• A. peace and freedom

• B. a Constitutional amendment

• C. justice and righteousness

• D. creative suffering

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King says that his dream

• A. occurred while napping on a New Hampshire hilltop.

• B. included Abraham Lincoln and the Governor of Alabama.

• C. is rooted in the American dream.

• D. became a nightmare of nullification

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What is the meaning of this metaphor: “every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low”?

• A. There will be equality

• B. The mighty shall fall.

• C. Racists will live in slums and ghettos

• D. The sweltering heat of oppression will cool.

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When King says that, “we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood,” he is illustrating the transition from ______.

• A. inequality to justice

• B. noise to music.

• C. disagreement to persuasion

• D. interposition to nullification

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The phrase “let freedom ring” comes from ...

• A. the Declaration of Independence.

• B. the Emancipation Proclamation

• C. a dream.

• D. a song.

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Seminal U.S. documents is _____.

• A. extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry

• B. Ideas are arranged in phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that balance one element with another of equal importance and similar wording

• C. Important paper that makes a different for people who reside in the United States

• D. lacking a purpose and unhappiness in the world.

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If you default, you ______.

• A. forget to cash checks at the bank.

• B. take responsibility for your actions.

• C. succeed at a difficult goal.

• D. fail to repay a debt.

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