Nobel Acceptance Speech By Martin Luther King, Jr. 1964

What does the word "elegy" most likely mean as used in the passage?

• relating to nuclear reactions that occur only at very high temperatures

• Cynical (adjective) believing that people are motivated by self-interest

• useless or discarded objects from a ship

• a sacred song or hymn, in particular any of those used in the Bible

• a sad or mournful poem, especially for a funeral

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the word "psalm" most likely mean as used in the passage?

• relating to nuclear reactions that occur only at very high temperatures

• a sacred song or hymn, in particular any of those used in the Bible

• Cynical (adjective) believing that people are motivated by self-interest

• a sad or mournful poem, especially for a funeral

• useless or discarded objects from a ship

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the word "cynical" most likely mean as used in the passage?

• Cynical (adjective) believing that people are motivated by self-interest

• relating to nuclear reactions that occur only at very high temperatures

• a sad or mournful poem, especially for a funeral

• a sacred song or hymn, in particular any of those used in the Bible

• useless or discarded objects from a ship

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the word "jetsam" most likely mean as used in the passage?

• useless or discarded objects from a ship

• a sad or mournful poem, especially for a funeral

• relating to nuclear reactions that occur only at very high temperatures

• a sacred song or hymn, in particular any of those used in the Bible

• Cynical (adjective) believing that people are motivated by self-interest

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the word "thermonuclear" most likely mean as used in the passage?

• Cynical (adjective) believing that people are motivated by self-interest

• useless or discarded objects from a ship

• relating to nuclear reactions that occur only at very high temperatures

• a sad or mournful poem, especially for a funeral

• a sacred song or hymn, in particular any of those used in the Bible

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the word "mortar" most likely mean as used in the passage?

• a short, light cannon used to shoot shells high into the air

• a sad or mournful poem, especially for a funeral

• a sacred song or hymn, in particular any of those used in the Bible

• Cynical (adjective) believing that people are motivated by self-interest

• useless or discarded objects from a ship

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does the word "prostrate" most likely mean as used in the passage?

• lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward

• a sad or mournful poem, especially for a funeral

• a sacred song or hymn, in particular any of those used in the Bible

• useless or discarded objects from a ship

• Cynical (adjective) believing that people are motivated by self-interest

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following is a verse from the Old Testament of the Bible?

• In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

• For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son.

• I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

• The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following identifies the central idea of the text?

• The Civil Rights Movement must remain peaceful in the struggle against injustice because using violence would cost the movement the public's support.

• There have been times in history when violence was necessary to resolve mankind's problems, but the Civil Rights Movement is not one of those moments.

• Too many American leaders have been willing to accept violence, and it will not be possible to achieve equality if they don't adopt King's peaceful activism.

• Citizens and leaders must work together to reject violence and promote peace, which will allow them to fulfill the goals of the Civil Rights Movement and eradicate racial injustice.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

Which detail from the text best supports the following sentence?

Citizens and leaders must work together to reject violence and promote peace, which will allow them to fulfill the goals of the Civil Rights Movement and eradicate racial injustice.

• "I am mindful that only yesterday in Birmingham, Alabama, our children, crying out for brotherhood, were answered with fire hoses, snarling dogs and even death." (Paragraph 2)

• "I conclude that this award which I receive on behalf of that movement is a profound recognition that nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time" (Paragraph 4)

• "I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits." (Paragraph 7)

• "I think Alfred Nobel would know what I mean when I say that I accept this award in the spirit of a curator of some precious heirloom which he holds in trust for its true owners" (Paragraph 12)