WorksheetsLetter from Birmingham Jail
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 14mins
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.
In this photograph, protesters are calling for a moratorium of the Vietnam War. A moratorium is...
aware.
a temporary stoppage or waiting period.
taking revenge.
joined in close association.
What is the definition of the underlined word?
"Since we diligently urge people to obey the Supreme Court's decision of 1954...at first glance it may seem rather paradoxical for us consciously to break laws."
alienation
glittering
a temporary stoppage or waiting period
self-contradictory
Dr. King alludes to Paul Tillich's opinion that sin is separation to...
illustrate that he reads the Bible.
show church leaders how they have sinned.
strengthen his argument against segregation.
suggest that Paul Tillich is on his side.
Is this image scintilating?
true
false
Which statement is a position of Dr. King's opponents?
Racial injustice in Birmingham must be stopped at all costs.
The Boston Tea Party was an act of civil disobedience.
Dr. King's peaceful actions are wrong because violence results from them.
Demonstrations are necessary to break down segregation.
Peaceful acts such as meditating and demonstrating kindness to others are forms of retaliation.
true
false
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.
"An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law or natural law." Dr. King uses this allusion to St. Thomas Aquinas to...
encourage citizens to break laws they disagree with.
support the view that segregation laws are unjust.
assert that all laws must be obeyed.
impress other clergymen with his knowledge.
Which of the following individuals/group did Dr. King allude to support his claim for disobeying laws?
the Ku Klux Klan
St. Augustine
Apostle Paul
Euguene "Bull" Connor
a substantive contribution is minimal contributiion.
true
false
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
Identify the literary device:
"Isn't this like condemning Socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries precipitated the act by the misguided populace in which they made him drink hemlock?"
allusion
counterargument
rhetorical appeal
argument
If I am cognizant of your plans, I know about them.
false
true
What is the definition of the underlined word?
"We have some eighty-five affiliated organizations across the South and Georgia."
glittering
alienation
joined in close association
self-contradition
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
