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Letter to Birmingham

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

10th Grade

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Letter to Birmingham
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

According to “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” why is King “so greatly disappointed with the white church and its leadership”?

King believes that the leaders have become entirely

absorbed in secular rather than religious concerns.

King believes that the church has stolen and misused

donations given by its poorest parishioners.

King believes that the leaders have not stood up boldly in support of civil rights.

King believes that the church has nothing relevant to offer to the youth of the 1960s.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What rhetorical device is the following quote most likely an example of?

"When you are humiliated day in and day out by nagging signs reading 'white' and 'colored'"

Ethos

Pathos

Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does King mean in lines 37–38 when he says, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”?

All citizens are equally threatened by justice.

Discrimination does not exist in rural areas.

All laws are unfair and should be ignored.

Everyone is affected when one person is hurt.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the argument in this letter?

He was defending the laws already in place.

He was fighting for woman's rights.

Defending both his right and his moral grounds for organizing nonviolent protest activities in support of the civil rights of African Americans.

He defends that view of breaking laws when those laws are unjust.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In his opening paragraph, King says that he rarely pauses to answer criticisms, but he is replying to the clergymen because

their actions were unwise and untimely.

their letter shows them to be extremists.

he believes them to be sincere and good.

he wants his letter to bring about change.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 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 organizational ties in Birmingham.

He has many relatives in Birmingham.

He went to college in Birmingham.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

King compares himself to early Christian prophets because they

died fighting for their cause.

did not submit to unjust laws.

believed in civil disobedience.

did not negotiate with enemies.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

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