The Letter from Birmingham Jail

Which of the following is not a step in Dr. King's nonviolent campaign?

• negotiation

• collection of facts

• direct action

• disappointment

To whom is the Letter from Birmingham Jail addressed?

• ministers who criticized King's efforts
• whites who arrested King for no reason
• his coworkers in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• his wife and his lawyer

Why was King in Birmingham?

• he was invited to help fight the segregation there

• he lived there

• he gave a speech there but drove over the speed limit on his way out of town

• he picked Birmingham as the next place to hold a non-violent protest

What counterargument does Dr. King present to the advice to wait?

• Democratically elected officials would not require African Americans to wait.

• Socrates would not have waited under the same circumstances.

• African Americans already have waited for more than 340 years.

• The 1954 Supreme Court decision has made it impossible to wait.

How should someone break an unjust law?

• openly, lovingly and with a willingness to accept the penalty.

• confidently, aggressively, and unwilling to back down.

• fearfully, timidly, and with a willingness to surrender.

• arrogantly, proudly, and with a willingness to use violence.

Who was the Negro's "great stumbling block," according to MLK Jr.?

• Birmingham Police Department

• Ku Klux Klan

• White Citizen's Council

• White Moderate

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice...

• ...in some places."

• ...in the south."

• ...everywhere."

• end of sentence.

What does MLK believe about breaking the law?

• Laws should not be broken under any circumstances.

• Only the wealthy are allowed to break the law because they can afford to pay the price.

• If a law is deemed unjust, then it must be broken.

• Laws may be broken if the Bible says so.

According to MLK, what is civil disobedience?

• a struggle between two social groups

• breaking the law in a peaceful manner

• breaking the law with the use of violence

• a struggle between branches of the government

Identify the rhetorical appeal Dr. King employs:

"...when you have to concoct an answer for a five-year-old son who is asking: 'Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?'..."

• ethos

• kairos

• logos

• pathos