I Have a Dream Speech Questions

Other than "I have a dream", what other phrase does he repeat?

• Let there be peace
• Let us all come together
• Let joy abound
• Let freedom ring

Q: Martin Luther King, Jr. uses the image of “the valley” to represent

• a. justice
• b. bad times
• c. the future
• d. peace

The main focus of Dr. King’s speech is

• A. getting more money for America’s black population
• B. convincing everyone to live in peace and tranquility
• C. celebrating the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
• D. ending segregation and racial injustice in America

 “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” (104-107).
Based on this statement, how does King feel about the future of America?

• scared
• angry
• hopeful
• sad

King says his dream 

• occured while napping on a New Hampshire hilltop
• included Abraham Lincoln and the Governor of Alabama
• is rooted in the American Dream
• became a nightmare of nullification

"...and we will not be satisfied until 'justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.'"  What rhetorical device is stated here?

• metaphor
• simile
• allusion
• parallelism

King mentions the writers of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence  because they

• faced poverty and discrimination.
• issued promissory notes to United States banks.
• believed in equality of rights for all
• eliminated slavery.

King uses an extended metaphor of a bad check to

• show that the Department of Treasury is bankrupt
• describe how the Emancipation Proclamation was a great success
• to explain how the U. S. Government has failed in its obligation to its African American citizens
• describe how the bank of justice has followed through on its promise

The overall tone of King's speech is

• angry
• depressing
• inspiring and hopeful
• argumentative

1. In paragraph 8, MLK warns his audience to continue to not “degenerate into physical violence”. What is he referring to?

• Tranquility

• Protests

• Equal Rights for all Americans

• The time is now