Speeches Test Review

What year is "Four score and seven years ago"?

• 1776

• 1796

• 1886

• 1896

Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address

• at the dedication of a military cemetery.

• when the Civil War started.

• after the North won a great battle.

Lincoln challenges his listeners to

• give up the war and return home.

• demand the Union be split.

• keep the country unified.

The fact that Lincoln says that "the world will little note nor long remember what we say here" is

• ironic.

• humorous.

• narrative.

When Lincoln uses a refrain, readers notice

• short stanzas and lines.

• the repetition of a sound or phrase.

• that Lincoln does not capitalize letters.

One technique that makes King's speech effective is

• humor.

• personification.

• allusion.

In "I Have a Dream," King makes a reference to

• a rap song.

• a Biblical passage.

• a character from mythology.

The MAIN topic of King's speech is

• freedom.

• despair.

• the future.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., quotes

• the Declaration of Independence.

• his father.

• his four little children.

When you compare and contrast these two speeches, you can see that

• they have the same setting.

• both men were ministers.

• they have similar themes.