Reading Comprehension Quiz (Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail”)

Reading Comprehension Quiz

Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

Read “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.

Question What can be inferred from these lines (3–6): “If I sought to answer all criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work”?

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Question By opening with the salutation “My Dear Fellow Clergymen,” what does King immediately do?

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Question In paragraph 4, King writes his famous line: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” This quote implies that

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Question In paragraph 10 and elsewhere, King uses the second person pronoun “you.” What effect does this have?

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Question In paragraph 10, King uses the phrase “nonviolent gadflies.” What does he mean by the word “gadfly”?

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Question King references Martin Buber in paragraph 17 and explicitly states that he was a “Jewish philosopher.” Why does King do so?

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Question King devotes paragraphs 15–22 to defending African Americans’ right to civilly disobey the laws of Birmingham. What is his best evidence?

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Question Why is King’s letter so long?

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