WorksheetsLetter from B-ham Jail
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
1. King claims African Americans face all of the following problems except
poverty
police brutality
sense of despair
broken families
For whom did Martin Luther King Jr. craft his letter titled "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?
fellow clergymen
the black community
civil rights supporters
white extremists
According to King, what are the two types of laws?
civil and criminal
just and unjust
racial and unjust
ethical and unethical
What does "conscience" mean?
principles
collective beliefs
inner voice
without science
What does "civil disobedience" mean?
nonviolent refusal to obey unjust laws
guilty of breaking unfair laws that result in jail time
not guilty of breaking unfair laws and wrongly jailed
innocently following laws one considers unfair
What did the Supreme Court decision of 1954 do?
required schools to segregate according to race
required schools to integrate black and white students
hold schools accountable for African American students
require juries to have African Americans for black defendants
What is the purpose of the letter?
to inform the clergy about unjust laws and unfair treatment
to describe the struggles African Americans faced everyday
to persuade the clergymen that it is time to act in civil disobedience
to teach the clergy about how just laws are created
What is the central idea of the letter?
People should be made aware of the atrocities faced by African Americans so they can make better choices in elections.
People should peacefully wait for the proper authorities to enact civil disobedience and correct their wrongs
People can't wait, but must participate in civil disobedience by actively break unjust segregation laws nonviolently.
King writes this letter from jail. Why is he locked up?
Parading without a permit
inciting violence in the streets
Speaking at a rally
Breaking just laws
Dr. King mentions early Christians and their fight against the Romans as an example of civil disobedience. This is a/an
allegory
allusion
alliteration
antecedent
"The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jet-like speed toward gaining political independence..."
simile
symbolism
metaphor
foreshadowing
"Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?" is an example of
racisim
rhetorical question
juxtaposition
logos
"[W]hen you see the vast majority of your twenty million Negro brothers smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society" is an example of
hyperbole
imagery
simile
metaphor
"Since we so diligently urge people to obey the Supreme court's decision of 1954 outlawing segregation in public schools, at first glance it may seem rather paradoxical for us to consciously break laws" means
it is surprising
it is degrading
it is ignorant
it is inflammatory
The fact that Dr. King has a PhD, is a preacher, and is a black man
ethos
pathos
logos
Mentioning the Boston Tea Party, The Supreme Court decision of 54, the First Amendment, the constitution...
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
Sharing the feelings of inferiority and despair; explaining the problems of poverty, lynching, and police brutality; describing how segregation is affecting the personalities of his innocent children
ethos
logos
pathos
Dr. King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" is an example of
a historical document
an article
historical fiction
informational text
How do unjust laws affect people?
Unjust laws make people angry
Unjust laws corrupt the soul and make people feel inferior
Unjust laws were made to be broken
Unjust laws motivate people to break the law
How does breaking an unjust law really show an ultimate respect for the law?
You are answering to a higher power by doing what you know is right.
You are doing something to change the law.
You are being active in your community.
You are committing a crime without your knowledge.
