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WorksheetsLetter From a Birmingham Jail Paragraphs 1-15
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the author's highest level of education?
Bachelor of Arts
Doctorate
Master of Arts
Bachelor of Science
What state was known as the most segregated state in the U.S.A. at the time the letter was written?
Georgia
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
What three steps comprise a nonviolent campaign?
picketing, protesting, resisting
letter writing, protesting, negotiation
negotiation, picketing, self-reliance
negotiation, self-purification, direct action
To what document is "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" responding?
Call for Unity
Civil Rights Act of 1963
Call for Protest
Call for Prayer
To whom was Dr. Martin Luther King responding?
Bull Connor
White Clergy
African Americans
All prostesters
What kinds of appeals did Dr. King use in the Letter?
ethos and pathos
ethos and logos
ethos, pathos, logos
ethos, pathos, logos, kairos
To what famous saint does Dr. King refer in the Letter?
St. Jude
St. Philip
St. Augustine
St. Stephen
To what ancient philosopher does Dr. King refer in the Letter?
Socrates
Plato
Euclid
Aristotle
Dr. King proposes there are only two kinds of laws. What are they?
Ratified and un-ratified
Just and unjust
Civil and Theoretical
Local and National
Chief of Police who liked to release attack dogs and water hoses on protesters
Connor
Boutwell
Frasier
Davidson
Dr. King recommended non-violent direct action that included
lawsuits and sit-ins
sit-ins and marches
letters and posters
conversation and confrontation
Dr. King did not fear this and thought it was necessary to move the Civil Rights agenda forward
attack dogs
criticism
tension
arrest
Latin term that means the typical way things are.
quo vadis
status apparatus
status symbol
status quo
Privileged groups seldom give up these voluntarily.
bank accounts
school diplomas
nice homes
privileges
Dr. King quotes Reinhold Niebuhr to remind the reader that "groups tend to be more ________________________________ than individuals."
cohesive
independent
immoral
ethical
