Hill's 2018 Midterm Review

Question 1

Which of the following is a theme found in the novel?

Accepted Answer

We should look at other people's point of view

Question 2

The basis of the decision of “Brown v. Board of Education” was the violation of:

Accepted Answer

Fourteenth Amendment

Question 3

What is the name of the Finch's neighbor who is mean to the kids?

Accepted Answer

Mrs. Dubose

Question 4

What will resolve racial injustice in Birmingham?

Accepted Answer

Direct Action, American values

Question 5

Who asks Scout to marry him?

Accepted Answer

Dill

Question 6

The Supreme Court Case “Brown v. Board of Education” was decided in what year?

Accepted Answer

1954

Question 7

What is the name of the Finch's neighbor who is kind to the kids?

Accepted Answer

Miss Maudie

Question 8

In what way are white moderates worse than the KKK?

Accepted Answer

preference for negative peace

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT true about the "Brown v. Board of Education" case?

Accepted Answer

Schools nationwide desegregated immediately as a result

Question 10

The justices of “Brown v. Board of Education" decided which of the following about schools?

Accepted Answer

Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal

Question 11

King's closes his letter with an...

Accepted Answer

ironically apologetic yet friendly tone

Question 12

Extremism...

Accepted Answer

can be a good thing, exists in some parts of black society

Question 13

Who was the justice that delivered the "Brown v. Board of Education" opinion?

Accepted Answer

Justice Warren

Question 14

What was Homer Plessy's overall claim in the case?

Accepted Answer

His rights should not be limited because of his race.

Question 15

King's general attitude toward white moderates and white churches is...

Accepted Answer

disappointed

Question 16

What is the name of the recluse who never leaves his house

Accepted Answer

Boo

Question 17

What is the name of the town where the story takes place?

Accepted Answer

Maycomb

Question 18

King's audience in Birmingham Jail is..

Accepted Answer

White clergymen of Alabama

Question 19

According to King, time is...

Accepted Answer

misunderstood by white moderates, neutral

Question 20

Who authored the Plessy DISSENTING opinion?

Accepted Answer

Harlan

Question 21

"Brown v. Board" ruled that racial segregation in public schools is which of the following?

Accepted Answer

unconstitutional

Question 22

From which point of view is the novel written?

Accepted Answer

First Person

Question 23

What is the name of Miss Rachel's nephew who visits every summer?

Accepted Answer

Dill

Question 24

Name of the author of To Kill a Mockingbird

Accepted Answer

Harper Lee

Question 25

In "Brown v. Board of Education" how was the case decided?

Accepted Answer

unanimously

Question 26

What costume did Scout wear for Halloween?

Accepted Answer

A ham

Question 27

Who said "Mockingbirds make music for us to enjoy . . . it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird"?

Accepted Answer

Miss Maudie

Question 28

These critics of King's movement argued that...

Accepted Answer

Direct action could lead to violence, outsiders did not belong in Birmingham's politics

Question 29

Who authored the Plessy MAJORITY opinion?

Accepted Answer

Brown

Question 30

How was Bob Ewell Killed?

Accepted Answer

Stabbed

Question 31

What does Mr. Nathan Radley do to the tree with the knot hole in it?

Accepted Answer

Fills a hollow with cement

Question 32

What ultimately happened to the Plessy decision.

Accepted Answer

It was overturned in Brown v. Board of Education.

Question 33

Plessy v. Ferguson established which doctrine?

Accepted Answer

Separate but equal.

Question 34

Why does King say white churches are like thermometers?

Accepted Answer

Because they reflect society's idea of justice

Question 35

Direct action's purpose is to

Accepted Answer

Create tension to bring about negotiation, Expose injustice

Question 36

A just law is one that

Accepted Answer

Uplifts human personality, Majority compels minority to obey and it obeys

Question 37

The dissenting justice described the Constitution as...

Accepted Answer

colorblind

Question 38

What was the final ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

Accepted Answer

Segregation is constitutional only if facilities are equal.

Question 39

How do allusions to Jesus, Lincoln, and Jefferson help justify King's extremism?

Accepted Answer

they were extremely good, they are extremely important to American/religious values

Question 40

Who comes to live with Scout and Jem in the second half of the novel?

Accepted Answer

Aunt Alexandra

Question 41

The "Brown v. Board of Education" decision had which major impact on the country?

Accepted Answer

It led to the Civil Rights Act

Hill's 2018 Midterm Review

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Hill's 2018 Midterm Review

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