Letter from...

Which of the following sentences from “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is an example of antithesis?

• My citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent resister may sound rather shocking.

• One of the basic points in your statement is that the action that I and my associates have taken in Birmingham is untimely.

• My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure

• We know through painful experience that freedom is never

  voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

To whom is the Letter from Birmingham jail addressed to?

• the whites who arrested King for no reason

• his wife and his lawyer

• ministers who criticized King's efforts

Purification means...

• to attack someone who is attacking you

• making something spiritually clean

• to reach an agreement or compromise

• sparkling or shining brightly

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

King is advised to wait on his movement. What is counterargument to this advice?

• Socrates would not have waited under the same circumstances

• African Americans already have waited for more than 340 years

• Democratic officials would not require African Americans to wait

Why does King compare himself to early Christian prophets?

• Because they died fighting for their cause?

• Because they believed in civil disobedience.

• Because they did not submit to unjust laws.

• Because they did not negotiate with enemies.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

state of unthinking or satisfied acceptance

• idly

• postpone

• stagnation

• complacency

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

According to King, what was the purpose of direct non-violent action?

• create tension so people have to confront an issue

• stop businesses from running and consumers from buying needed goods

• draw sympathy from religious people

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What statement best describes Dr. King’s purpose in writing the letter?

• Dr. King hoped to explain why the discrimination of African Americans is immoral

• Dr. King criticized white Americans who were supportive of his cause but were fearful of the Klan’s terrorism

• Dr. King attempts to encourage all Americans to end racism by joining the cause

• Dr. King responded to the criticism he received from people by addressing each of their claims.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

King expresses his “grave disappointment” with which of the following groups?

• liberals

• white moderates

• conservatives

• teachers

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which statement is a position of Dr. King's opponents?

• Dr. King's peaceful actions are wrong because violence results from them

• Racial injustice in Birmingham must be stopped at any and all costs

• Demonstrations are necessary to break down segragation