Rhetoric Letter from Birmingham Jail
Authored by Sarah Williams
English
10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which two excerpts from the selection best support the answer to Part A?
We have gone through all these steps in Birmingham. . . . Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. (paragraph 6)
On the basis of these promises, the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the leaders of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights agreed to a moratorium on all demonstrations. (paragraph 7)
Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups tend to be more immoral than individuals. (paragraph 12)
There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over. . . . I hope, sirs, you can understand our legitimate and unavoidable impatience. (paragraph 14)
Human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts of men willing to be coworkers with God, and without this hard work, time itself becomes an
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In paragraph 24, King notes that "...they [white moderates] fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress". Identify the rhetorical device present above.
Simile
Metaphor
Juxtaposition
Irony
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
To whom is the Letter from Birmingham Jail addressed?
ministers who criticized King's efforts
whites who arrested King for no reason
his coworkers in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
his wife and his lawyer
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 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.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who was the Negro's "great stumbling block," according to MLK Jr.?
Birmingham Police Department
Ku Klux Klan
White Citizen's Council
White Moderate
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice...
...in some places.
...in the south.
...everywhere.
end of sentence.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does MLK believe about breaking the law?
Laws should not be broken under any circumstances.
Only the wealthy are allowed to break the law because they can afford to pay the price.
If a law is deemed unjust, then it must be broken.
Laws may be broken if the Bible says so.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
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