Letter from Birmingham Jail Appeals

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.

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.

Which of the following is not a step in Dr. King's nonviolent campaign?

• negotiation

• collection of facts

• direct action

• disappointment

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.

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

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/

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.

A rhetorical appeal to logic and facts is...

• pathos

• ethos

• logos

• kairos

A rhetorical appeal to morality or credibility is...

• kairos

• pathos

• ethos

• logos

A rhetorical appeal to emotion is...

• logos

• pathos

• ethos

• kairos