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. Then “submit” your work.
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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