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Letter From a Birmingham Jail Paragraphs 1-15

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the author's highest level of education?

a)

Bachelor of Arts

b)

Doctorate

c)

Master of Arts

d)

Bachelor of Science

2.

What state was known as the most segregated state in the U.S.A. at the time the letter was written?

a)

Georgia

b)

Arkansas

c)

Alabama

d)

Mississippi

3.

What three steps comprise a nonviolent campaign?

a)

picketing, protesting, resisting

b)

letter writing, protesting, negotiation

c)

negotiation, picketing, self-reliance

d)

negotiation, self-purification, direct action

4.

To what document is "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" responding?

a)

Call for Unity

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1963

c)

Call for Protest

d)

Call for Prayer

5.

To whom was Dr. Martin Luther King responding?

a)

Bull Connor

b)

White Clergy

c)

African Americans

d)

All prostesters

6.

What kinds of appeals did Dr. King use in the Letter?

a)

ethos and pathos

b)

ethos and logos

c)

ethos, pathos, logos

d)

ethos, pathos, logos, kairos

7.

To what famous saint does Dr. King refer in the Letter?

a)

St. Jude

b)

St. Philip

c)

St. Augustine

d)

St. Stephen

8.

To what ancient philosopher does Dr. King refer in the Letter?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Euclid

d)

Aristotle

9.

Dr. King proposes there are only two kinds of laws. What are they?

a)

Ratified and un-ratified

b)

Just and unjust

c)

Civil and Theoretical

d)

Local and National

10.

Chief of Police who liked to release attack dogs and water hoses on protesters

a)

Connor

b)

Boutwell

c)

Frasier

d)

Davidson

11.

Dr. King recommended non-violent direct action that included

a)

lawsuits and sit-ins

b)

sit-ins and marches

c)

letters and posters

d)

conversation and confrontation

12.

Dr. King did not fear this and thought it was necessary to move the Civil Rights agenda forward

a)

attack dogs

b)

criticism

c)

tension

d)

arrest

13.

Latin term that means the typical way things are.

a)

quo vadis

b)

status apparatus

c)

status symbol

d)

status quo

14.

Privileged groups seldom give up these voluntarily.

a)

bank accounts

b)

school diplomas

c)

nice homes

d)

privileges

15.

Dr. King quotes Reinhold Niebuhr to remind the reader that "groups tend to be more ________________________________ than individuals."

a)

cohesive

b)

independent

c)

immoral

d)

ethical