Letter From a Birmingham Jail

Letter From a Birmingham Jail

12th Grade

30 Qs

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Letter From a Birmingham Jail

Letter From a Birmingham Jail

Assessment

Quiz

History

12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Eunice Ofori

FREE Resource

30 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is not a step in Dr. King's nonviolent campaign?

negotiation

collection of facts

direct action

disappointment

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To whom is the Letter from Birmingham Jail addressed?
ministers who criticized King's efforts
whites who arrested King for no reason
his coworkers in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
his wife and his lawyer

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was King in Birmingham?

he was invited to help fight the segregation there

he lived there

he gave a speech there but drove over the speed limit on his way out of town

he picked Birmingham as the next place to hold a non-violent protest

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What counterargument does Dr. King present to the advice to wait?

Democratically elected officials would not require African Americans to wait.

Socrates would not have waited under the same circumstances.

African Americans already have waited for more than 340 years.

The 1954 Supreme Court decision has made it impossible to wait.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How should someone break an unjust law?

openly, lovingly and with a willingness to accept the penalty.

confidently, aggressively, and unwilling to back down.

fearfully, timidly, and with a willingness to surrender.

arrogantly, proudly, and with a willingness to use violence.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the Negro's "great stumbling block," according to MLK Jr.?

Birmingham Police Department

Ku Klux Klan

White Citizen's Council

White Moderate

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice...

...in some places."

...in the south."

...everywhere."

end of sentence.

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