I Have a Dream 6/28/21

King mentions the writers of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence in lines 19-20 because they

• faced poverty and discrimination

• issued promissory notes to the United states banks

• believed in equality for all

• eliminated slavery

King makes a comparison between a promissory note and the

• Gettysburg Address

• impending debt crisis

• Declaration of Independence

• Emancipation Proclamation

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

• writing bad checks

• police brutality

• trials and tribulations

• hatred and violence

King notes in lines 69-70 that civil rights activist are sometimes asked, "When will you be satisfied?" What does he say will satisfy African Americans?

• peace and freedom

• A Constitutional Amendment

• justice and righteousness

• creative suffering

King says that his dream

• occurred while napping on a New Hampshire hilltop

• included Abraham Lincoln and the Governor of Alabama

• is rooted in the American dream

• became a nightmare of nullification

What is the meaning of this metaphor from lines 115-116: "every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low"?

• there will be equality

• the mighty shall fall

• racists will live in slums and ghettos

• the sweltering heat of oppression will cool

When king says that "we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood" (lines 122-124), he is illustrating the transition from

• inequality to justice

• noise to music

• disagreement to persuasion

• interposition to nullification

The phrase "let freedom ring" comes from

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• a dream

• a song

Inextricably means in a way that is

• difficult to understand

• unlikely to end

• impossible to separate

• lacking a purpose

If you default, you

• forget to cash checks at the bank

• take responsibility for your actions

• succeed at a difficult task

• fail to repay a debt