Letter from Birmingham Jail
Authored by Erica Empson
English
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why was Dr. Martin Luther King in jail when he wrote this letter? (introduction)
He killed someone in a protest against segregation.
He refused to give his seat up on the bus.
He participated in a nonviolent protest against segregation.
He was arrested for taking Claudette's side of the bus protest.
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why does Dr. King thing it is okay to argue the laws of segregation? (paragraph 12, 13)
Because "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
Because "wait" most often means "never"
Because "an unjust law is no law at all"
Because he would "rarely have time to answer anything else"
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Why does Dr. King say that African Americans in Birmingham have no choice but to protest against segregation?
Because Rosa Parks said that they must fight against the bus laws.
Because the whites hold the power and have kept them from having a voice.
Because he wants to protect Claudette Colvin.
Because white people are racist toward African Americans.
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
According to the text, Why does Dr. King say that nonviolent protest is the best path to take? (paragraph 9)
Because it leads to a tension that makes change unavoidable.
Because violent protest causes too much harm.
Because no one will listen to any other form of resistance.
Because they are sick of living lives where they are treated poorly.
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CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is Dr. King's argument in this letter?
African Americans have the right to nonviolently protest because should not wait anymore.
African Americans have the right to nonviolently protest because segregation laws are unjust.
African Americans should fight against segregation in any way possible, violent or nonviolent.
African Americans should keep quiet to protect the community from getting further segregated.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Why does Dr. King say that African Americans should not wait to protest? (paragraph 11)
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor"
"It must be demanded by the oppressed"
"You will understand why we find it difficult to wait"
"We have waited more than three hundred forty years for our God-given constitutional rights"
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CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
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