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Letter from Birmingham Jail
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A quiz game on paragraphs 1-25 #MLK #English #MartinLutherKingJr
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1
What does "unjust" mean?
To disobey the laws
To show no emotion
To get undressed
To not be fair
2
What does MLK, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Amos all have in common?
Extremists
Solved Problems
Historical Figures
Unlike others around them
3
A group of people in power treats those who are not in power as if they are children:
Segregation
Asserted
Inflict
Paternalism
4
Which clergyman criticism does Dr. King first address?
That he was close-minded
That he was an outsider
That he was too violent
That he was unjust
5
Time, Justice/Injustice, Direct Action, Oppression/Suffering are all...
Central Ideas
Literary Devices
Tone
Repetition
6
What is a thalidomide?
A scientific method
Medicine to ease the pain.
A disease
A dangerous chemical
7
In the first paragraph, Dr. King describes the clergymen as _____________.
Betrayers of faith
Men sadly mistaken
Men of good-will
Ugly-minded men
8
How many steps are in the non-violence campaign?
4
5
10
3
9
Why did MLK Jr. get arrested?
He was in a "whites only" area.
Speaking ill about the people of Birmingham.
Parading without a permit.
He got into a fight with a protester.
10
Advocate
means?
do something bad
avacado
support
rude
11
Who does not belong?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Meshach
Abednego
Nebuchadnezzar
12
"Dear my fellow clergymen" Which Rhetoric is this?
Appeal to Conscience
Descriptive language
This is not rhetoric
Rhetorical Question
13
What is a thalidomide?
Medicine to ease the pain.
A dangerous chemical
A scientific method
A disease
14
Force of complacency
and
Force of bitterness and hatred...
Describing the white moderates
The two opposing forces
Ways MLK uses to solve Birmingham
Used as part of the non-violent procedure
15
Who does MLK Jr. specifically criticize in his letter?
The religious leaders
All the people of Birmingham
White moderate
His own people
16
What does
affluent
mean? "In the midst of an
affluent
society."
rich
agree
understanding
poor
17
Identify literary device: "dark shadow of a deep disappointment"
Simile
Alliteration
Allusion
Onomatopoeia
18
From where was MLK Jr. writing from?
The court room
Birmingham Jail
At a restaurant
His house
19
What does
delineate
mean?
disaster
downgrade
decrease
describe
20
Who did Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK Jr.) write to?
Birmingham Government
His Family
The religious leaders
The residents of Birmingham
21
What is a thalidomide?
A scientific method
A disease
Medicine to ease the pain.
A dangerous chemical
22
Who's the best teacher at John Adams?
Ms. Duong :)
Ms. Duong >:(
Ms. Duong :D
Ms. Duong T.T
23
Why was MLK Jr. in Birmingham in the first place?
He came to visit his family.
He was invited by a religious organization.
He was traveling through the city.
He was arrested and Birmingham was the nearest jail.
24
Rights of citizens to political & social freedom and equality.
None of these
Civil Rights
Segregation
Democracy
25
Believes in ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable.
White Moderate
A leader
Extremist
Vicious
26
Negros'...stumbling block...toward freedom is not the...Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate.
Metaphor
Simile
Imagery
Onomatopoeia
27
What is civil disobedience?
A positive phrase to support the African Americans.
All the above
An event in Birmingham
Violation of the law
