Test your knowledge on Dr. King’s 'I Have a Dream' speech

What "truths" does Dr. King say are "self-evident"? (5th line of speech)

• That all men are unequal

• That all men are equal

What is Dr. King's dream "deeply rooted" in? (2nd line of speech)

• The Canadian Dream

• The British Dream

• The American Dream

What does Dr. King want "the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners" to be able to do? (lines 13-14)

• To sit always live separately

• To sit together at the same table

• To sit at different tables

What technique has been used here: "state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression" (line 16)

• Sibilance

• Personification

• Simile

What does Dr. King dream his "four little children will one day" be able to do? (from line 10)

• ...to get special treatment.

• ...to be treated differently.

• ...to be judged by the content of their character.

What does he want "little black boys and black girls" to be able to do with "little white boys and white girls"? (from line 19)

• To be enemies

• To join hands as brothers and sisters

• To distrust each other

What does the word "vicious" suggest the racist people Dr King refers to? (from line 23)

• That they are slightly unpleasant and unkind

• That they are extremely unpleasant and potentially violent

• That they unpleasant and unfriendly

Why do you think Dr. King repeats "from every" many times towards the end of the speech?

• He wants freedom to be present in a part of the USA

• He wants freedom to be present in most of the USA

• He wants freedom to be present in all of the USA

What do you think best describes Dr. King's message?

• He wants a few people to be united and together whatever colour skin they have

• He wants some people to be united and together whatever colour skin they have

• He wants all people to be united and together whatever colour skin they have