I Have a Dream Speech Test

Which statement best summarizes Martin Luther King Jr.’s central claim in the speech as a whole?

¿Qué declaración resume mejor la afirmación central de Martin Luther King Jr. en el discurso como un todo?

• Racial equality cannot be attained under the current American justice system.

• Efforts to deny racial equality in America are part of the past, not of the future.

• People should envision the benefits of racial equality taking place in the future.

• The benefits of racial equality will occur only as the result of effort and work.

Reread the first few paragraphs of the speech. What is most likely the purpose of the extended metaphor used in paragraph 2?

Vuelve a leer los primeros párrafos del discurso. ¿Cuál es probablemente el propósito de la metáfora extendida utilizada en el párrafo 2?

• To emphasize the idea that the Emancipation Proclamation created a new hope

• To show that many years have passed since there was a cause for hope

• To show why President Lincoln is a hero to many African Americans

• To emphasize the positive results brought about by the abolition of slavery

Which word is an antonym for sweltering as it is used in the last sentence of paragraph 6? ¿Qué palabra es un antónimo de sofocante tal como se usa en la última oración del párrafo 6?

• Chilly

• Painful

• Refreshing

• Uncomfortable

Reread paragraph 6. Which two rhetorical devices are used most in the paragraph?

Vuelva a leer el párrafo 6. ¿Qué dos recursos retóricos se usan más en el párrafo?

• Parallel style

• Absolute phrases

• Repetition of ideas

• Rhetorical question

• Extended metaphor

To what audience did Martin Luther King Jr. most likely direct his speech?

¿A qué audiencia probablemente dirigió su discurso Martin Luther King Jr.?

• Everyone who fully supported the Civil Rights Movement

• People who disapproved of efforts to achieve racial equality

• People who questioned his ideas but still worked to achieve them

• Those who agreed with his ideas and those who opposed them

Reread paragraph 11. In this part of his speech, Dr. King appeals to his audience by connecting with their _________.  

Vuelva a leer el párrafo 11. En esta parte de su discurso, el Dr. King apela a su audiencia conectándose con su __________.

• experiences with racism and bitterness about it

• sense of decency and hopes for the future

• use of logical reasoning and interest in its revelations

• knowledge of hardships and dread of their continuance

Read the following sentence.

Lea la siguiente oración.

Every man, woman, and child deserves equal rights.

What is the best way to revise the sentence to include parallelism for greater impact? 

• Everyone deserves equal rights.

• Every man, each woman, and all children deserve equal rights.

• Equal rights are what every man, woman, and child deserve.

• Every man, every woman, and every child deserves equal rights.

What form of evidence does Dr. King use most frequently to support his claims in his speech?

¿Qué forma de evidencia usa el Dr. King con más frecuencia para respaldar sus afirmaciones en su discurso?

• Statistics about the differences in the lives of African Americans and other Americans

• Quotations from recognized experts or authorities in the area of civil rights

• Examples and descriptions of the problems caused by racial inequality

• Anecdotes about the experiences of African Americans who suffered from discrimination

This speech describes events that have occurred or will occur. The events below are listed in the order they are mentioned in the speech. Label the events in the order in which they happened or will happen. The first event will be labeled 1, and the last event will be labeled 5. Este discurso describe eventos que han ocurrido o ocurrirán. Los eventos a continuación se enumeran en el orden en que se mencionan en el discurso. Etiquete los eventos en el orden en que ocurrieron o sucederán. El primer evento se etiquetará como 1 y el último evento se etiquetará como 5.

• . . . a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. (paragraph 2)

• This is the faith that I go back to the South with. (paragraph 16)

• . . . “justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” (paragraph 9)

• . . . the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence . . . (paragraph 4)

• Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. (paragraph 10)

Which word is an antonym for discords as it is used in paragraph 16? ¿Qué palabra es un antónimo de discordias tal como se usa en el párrafo 16?

• Compatibility

• Harmony

• Dissonance

• Disunity