Letter From Birmingham Jail Quizzes

Letter From Birmingham Jail Quiz 1

By S.R. Cedars · Edited by Christine McKeever · Last reviewed July 30, 2014

1 In what year was the "Letter" written?

1958

1960

1963

1971
2 The "Letter" was directed towards ____________.

poets

politicians

teachers

clergymen
3 Dr. King was arrested for ____________.

inciting a riot

threatening a federal officer

protesting without a permit

robbery
4 Dr. King began writing the "Letter" on _____________.

envelopes

his skin

legal pads

the margins of a newspaper
5 Who was Birmingham's Commissioner of Public Safety at the time of the "Letter"?

Albert Boutwell

Robert Kennedy

Eugene "Bull" Connor

Ralph Abernathy
6 Who was Birmingham's mayor at the time of the "Letter"?

Eugene "Bull" Connor

Albert Boutwell

Robert Kennedy

Ralph Abernathy
7 The clergymen who wrote the statement represented all faiths EXCEPT:

Catholicism

Islam

Protestantism

Judaism
8 Dr. King was a clergyman of the __________ church.

Islamic

Jewish

Catholic

Protestant
9 Dr. King's social mission relied on _____________.

violent methods

command of several languages

nonviolent methods

complicated political tricks
10 In what book was the definitive copy of the "Letter" published?

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?

I Have a Dream

Stride Towards Freedom

Why We Can't Wait
11 Most versions of the "Letter" open with an __________.

preamble

illustration of Dr. King

definition of terms

author's note
12 What are the first words of the "Letter"?

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

"My Dear Fellow Clergymen:"

"Four score is not so long a time."

"I write with a heavy heart."
13 Dr. King began writing the "Letter" while in __________.

transfer to a federal prison

solitary confinement

the warden's office

the exercise yard
14 How did the clergymen describe Dr. King's actions?

"shameful"

"unequivocally egotistical"

"outrageous and foolish"

"unwise and untimely"
15 Dr. King says this letter is atypical because _________.

he does not typically worry about what white people think

he does not typically record his thoughts

he does not typically explain himself

he does not typically respond to criticism
16 Dr. King describes the clergymen as _____________.

"betrayers of the faith"

"ugly-minded men"

"men of good will"

"men sadly mistaken"
17 Which clergyman criticism does Dr. King first address?

that he was an outsider

that he was too violent

that he was unjust

that he was close-minded
18 Dr. King leads what organization?

SCLC

Nation of Islam

SNCC

NAACP
19 Dr. King describes his movement as a(n) ____________.

"exemplar of civil disobedience"

"method of protest"

"unintentionally violent program"

"nonviolent direct-action program"
20 Dr. King justifies his organization's presence in Birmingham by claiming ___________.

it was invited there

it was legally required to intervene there

it was hired to represent business interests there

it was founded there
21 What term does scholar Jonathan Rieder use to describe the "Letter"'s first half?

"Prophet"

"Poet"

"Magician"

"Diplomat"
22 Dr. King's tone in the letter's first half can be described as _______.

emotional

inconsistent

restrained

unhinged
23 Dr. King describes the goal of all direct action as ___________.

negotiation

violence

ambiguous

new federal law
24 Dr. King stipulates that the clergymen would not "want to rest content with the superficial kind of __________."

social analysis

civil disobedience

nonviolent protest

justice
25 Dr. King's initial defense of his presence in Birmingham can be best described as:

moral

emotional

angry

legalistic

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