Letter from Birmingham Jail Appeals
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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why does Dr. King say that he is answering the clergymen?
They have acted in an unwise way.
King uses letter-writing to bring about change.
Their letter shows them to be extremists.
He believes them to be sincere and good.
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
2.
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.
3.
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does Dr. King mean when he says, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."?
Justice does not exist in America.
Everyone is affected when one person is hurt.
All Americans are equally threatened.
All laws are unjust and should be ignored.
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CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the rhetorical appeal Dr. King employs:
"...when you have to concoct an answer for a five-year-old son who is asking: 'Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?'..."
ethos
kairos
logos
pathos
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CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the basis for King’s argument against the idea that he is an outsider who came to Birmingham?
He was born in Birmingham.
He has many relatives in Birmingham.
He has organizational ties in Birmingham.
He went to college in Birmingham/
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to King, the purpose of direct nonviolent action is to...
end the bombings of homes and churches.
create tension so that people have to confront an issue.
halt the activities of both merchants and consumers.
draw the sympathy of the religious community and moderate whites.
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