I Have a Dream

The speech ‘I Have a Dream’ is clearly a/an ____________.

• plea to the white people of America to finally put a stop to the discrimination of colored people

• campaign against government rules on business and law

• advertisement about the contribution of black people in nation building

• movement against all white Americans

Despite the Emancipation Proclamation more than a hundred years ago which stated that all men should be equal and slavery of colored people must be put to a halt, the speaker believes that _____________________.

• the Negro is still not free.

• the Negro is still being discriminated.

• the Negro is still a slave.

• All of the above.

What does the speaker mean in the line below?

“America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."

• All the opportunities are given to white people only.

• There is no bias in the distribution of opportunities among Americans.

• Equal opportunities are given only to those who praise the government.

• The opportunities given to the black people are not enough for them to experience equality.

“Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.”

The speaker’s tone in this line is _____________.

• confused and divided

• lax and indifferent

• positive and determined

• melancholic and afraid

In their journey to fight for equality, the speaker notes that violence must not be the way in achieving their purpose. Which of the following line attests to this statement?

• “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.”

• “How can you make justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream?”

• “We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.”

• “With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.”

Which “dream” of the speaker tells about union and friendship among the white and the black?

• “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”

• “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

• “I have a dream that one day in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”

• All of the above.

“I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low. The rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight.”

In this passage, the author used symbolisms. Which of the following BEST refers to the “crooked places” in the statement above?

• the roads where the Negro travelled by

• the mountains where the Negro came from

• the places where discrimination against the Negros happens

• None of the above.

What can be concluded about Mississippi and Alabama based on the speech?

• Mississippi and Alabama stink with racial slurs, inequality, and discrimination against the black people.

• These two states best support the movement against discrimination.

• Mississippi and Alabama are two of the wealthiest states that support the Negro.

• These two places have the most number of Negro resettlers in America.

Which values are evident in the speech?

• love of God and spirituality

• reverence to the government and patriotism

• call for justice and equality

• honesty and fairness

“With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.”

What underlying value is shown in this passage?

• spiritual values

• the value for family

• love and compassion

• bravery and valor