I Have a Dream Assessment

Finish the sentence: Free at last! Free at last! ____________

• Free at Last! Free at Last!

• Ain't this amazing? We are free at last!

• Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!

• I am excited! We all shall have a blast!

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

“We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities.”

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• All of the Above

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was a leader of what movement?

• Civil Rights Movement

• Me Too Movement

• Feminist Movement

• Animal Rights Movement

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

When was his famous “I Have A Dream” speech delivered?

• 1693

• 1963

• 1396

• 1964

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was happening in America during the time of King’s speech?

• Slavery

• Segregation

• Equalizing

• I do not know

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice."

What figurative language does Dr. Martin Luther King use in this part of his speech?

• Simile

• Allusion

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

7. What is the main idea that Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech portrays?

• He discusses how much he loves his children

• He discusses racial inequality in America and his hopes for African Americans’ civil rights.

• He mainly talks about how his speech will go down in history.

• He discusses his career and early life in his speech.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Where did Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech take place?

• At the white house in Washington DC.

• In a church

• In his backyard

• At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

“I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.”

What is the figurative language used in this excerpt?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

“And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.”

What is the meaning of 'prodigious' as it is used in the sentence?

• Remarkably great

• Disappointing

• Powerful

• High Up

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4