AP-Style Multiple-Choice Quiz (Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail”)

AP-Style Multiple Choice Quiz

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

After reading the selection from “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” choose the best answer to each question. Click the submit button when finished. The following questions refer to paragraphs 12–14.

Question 6.1 What stylistic device of King’s is most evident throughout the selection (paras. 12–14)?

1. What stylistic device of King’s is most evident throughout the selection (paras. 12–14)?

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Question 6.2 Which of the following claims does King leave UNSUPPORTED by evidence?

2. Which of the following claims does King leave UNSUPPORTED by evidence?

I. that groups generally act more immorally than do individuals
II. that historically, those with privilege rarely give it up without being forced
III. that the racial injustice in the South is too urgent and too long delayed to wait any longer

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Question 6.3 To what specific criticism is King responding in this excerpt?

3. To what specific criticism is King responding in this excerpt?

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Question 6.4 The antithesis in the first sentence of paragraph 13 creates a(n)

4. The antithesis in the first sentence of paragraph 13 creates a(n)

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Question 6.5 In paragraph 13, the words in quotation marks represent the language of

5. In paragraph 13, the words in quotation marks represent the language of

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Question 6.6 The long list of injustices and brutalities in paragraph 14 primarily provides

6. The long list of injustices and brutalities in paragraph 14 primarily provides

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Question 6.7 King’s use of second person in paragraph 14 serves as an appeal to

7. King’s use of second person in paragraph 14 serves as an appeal to

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Question 6.8 In the second sentence of paragraph 14, King uses figurative language to

8. In the second sentence of paragraph 14, King uses figurative language to

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Question 6.9 King’s use of the first person plural serves primarily to

9. King’s use of the first person plural serves primarily to

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Question 6.10 What form of parallelism is used throughout paragraph 14 in the list of injustices King presents?

10. What form of parallelism is used throughout paragraph 14 in the list of injustices King presents?

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