How Martin Luther King Went Off Script in 'I Have a Dream'

How many parts did the speech really consist of?

• Four

• Three

• Two

• One

Who was responsible for drafting the first seven paragraphs of the speech?

• Clarence B. Jones

• Mahalia Jackson

• Dr. King

Who shouted to Dr. King to tell them about the dream?

• Mahalia Jackson

• Clarence B. Jones

• A fellow civil rights leader

What did Dr. King do with the written text of the speech after Mahalia Jackson shouted to him?

• He continued reading it

• He handed it to someone else

• He put it aside

• He tore it up

How many people were assembled to hear the speech?

• More than 200,000

• More than 100,000

• More than 250,000

• More than 300,000

What was the reaction of King's speech writer when Dr. King started speaking extemporaneously? (extemporaneously means that he was speaking without using notes or text).

• He was confused

• He left the event

• He predicted the audience was about to experience something special

What phrase is being repeated in this passage?

• "let freedom ring"

• "from the prodigious hilltops"

• "from every hill and molehill"

What idea is given importance through the use of repetition in this passage?

• Freedom will be difficult to find in the United States.

• There are many places in the United States.

• Freedom should be everywhere in the United States.