Quiz on Analysis of "Letter from Birmingham Jail"_Ms. E. Hall

According to Martin Luther King Jr., what is the first step in any nonviolent campaign?

• Direct action

• Collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive

• Negotiation

• Self-purification

What reason does Martin Luther King Jr. give for his presence in Birmingham?

• He was invited there

• He has family in Birmingham

• He was looking for a new place to live

• He was passing through the city

What does Martin Luther King Jr. say about the interrelatedness of communities and states?

• He believes that what happens in one place does not affect other places

• He is only concerned with the events in his hometown

• He feels that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere

• He thinks that communities and states operate independently

What does Martin Luther King Jr. refer to as the "Negro community's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom"?

• The white moderate

• The Ku Klux Klan

• The police brutality

• The local government

What was the outcome of the leaders of the economic community's promise to the Negro community, according to Martin Luther King Jr.?

• The promises were kept

• The promises were broken

• The promises led to immediate change

• The promises were unnecessary

According to the letter, why was the decision made to start the direct-action program around Easter?

• It was the time when Mr. Conner was in the runoff.

• It was the largest shopping period of the year.

• It was when the workshops on nonviolence were completed.

• It was the best time to bring pressure on merchants for the needed changes.

What is the main reason the author gives for the creation of tension through direct action?

• To create a type of constructive, nonviolent tension necessary for growth.

• To defeat Mr. Conner in the runoff election.

• To encourage people to give up their unjust posture voluntarily.

• To protest against the shopping period of Easter.

What does the author suggest is a misconception about the law?

• That it is always just and should be followed without question.

• That breaking the law is always an act of violence.

• That it is a direct action that should be postponed indefinitely.

• That it is a natural order that cannot be changed.

What does the author imply about waiting for freedom to be voluntarily given by the oppressor?

• It is the most effective strategy for achieving freedom.

• It is a realistic expectation for the oppressed.

• It is a never-ending wait that is bound to fail.

• It is the preferred method of the author.

What emotion does the author express towards the end of the letter?

• Optimism for a quick resolution to the injustices.

• Satisfaction with the current state of civil rights.

• Impatience for legitimate and unavoidable change.

• Indifference to the plight of those suffering from injustice.