Letter From Birmingham Jail Quizzes

Letter From Birmingham Jail Quiz 1

1 In what year was the "Letter" written?
1960

1971

1963

1958
2 The "Letter" was directed towards ____________.
poets

politicians

clergymen

teachers
3 Dr. King was arrested for ____________.
inciting a riot

protesting without a permit

threatening a federal officer

robbery
4 Dr. King began writing the "Letter" on _____________.
the margins of a newspaper

legal pads

his skin

envelopes
5 Who was Birmingham's Commissioner of Public Safety at the time of the "Letter"?
Eugene "Bull" Connor

Ralph Abernathy

Albert Boutwell

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

Eugene "Bull" Connor

Robert Kennedy

Albert Boutwell
7 The clergymen who wrote the statement represented all faiths EXCEPT:
Catholicism

Protestantism

Judaism

Islam
8 Dr. King was a clergyman of the __________ church.
Protestant

Islamic

Catholic

Jewish
9 Dr. King's social mission relied on _____________.
nonviolent methods

command of several languages

violent methods

complicated political tricks
10 In what book was the definitive copy of the "Letter" published?
Why We Can't Wait

I Have a Dream

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?

Stride Towards Freedom
11 Most versions of the "Letter" open with an __________.
preamble

author's note

illustration of Dr. King

definition of terms
12 What are the first words of the "Letter"?
"Four score is not so long a time."

"My Dear Fellow Clergymen:"

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

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

the exercise yard

solitary confinement

transfer to a federal prison
14 How did the clergymen describe Dr. King's actions?
"unwise and untimely"

"shameful"

"outrageous and foolish"

"unequivocally egotistical"
15 Dr. King says this letter is atypical because _________.
he does not typically record his thoughts

he does not typically worry about what white people think

he does not typically respond to criticism

he does not typically explain himself
16 Dr. King describes the clergymen as _____________.
"betrayers of the faith"

"ugly-minded men"

"men sadly mistaken"

"men of good will"
17 Which clergyman criticism does Dr. King first address?
that he was unjust

that he was too violent

that he was an outsider

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

SCLC

NAACP

SNCC
19 Dr. King describes his movement as a(n) ____________.
"unintentionally violent program"

"exemplar of civil disobedience"

"nonviolent direct-action program"

"method of protest"
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"

"Magician"

"Diplomat"

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

restrained

unhinged

inconsistent
23 Dr. King describes the goal of all direct action as ___________.
new federal law

violence

negotiation

ambiguous
24 Dr. King stipulates that the clergymen would not "want to rest content with the superficial kind of __________."
social analysis

justice

civil disobedience

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

angry

legalistic

moral

How does Dr. King respond to the idea that he is an outsider?

In the letter, King acknowledges the criticism that he is one of many “outsiders coming in” to cause trouble (their words). He explains his purpose: he is the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), based in Atlanta but...

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what injustices does dr. king describe in the letter from Birmingham jail.

Dr. King provides a moral reason for his presence, saying that he came to Birmingham to battle “injustice.” Because he believes that “all communities and states” are interrelated, he feels compelled to work for justice anywhere that injustice is...

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How do allusions that King uses in his letter help the audience relate to him and what he is saying?

King uses allusions to align his arguments with famous thinkers of Western civilization.

John Donne: "New Day in Birmingham" allusion to "No Man is an Island".

John Bunyan:Puritan writer, imprisoned; "I will stay in jail before I make a butchery...

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Letter From Birmingham Jail

by Martin Luther King, Jr.

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