I Have A Dream Analysis Questions 4c306b

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English 9 – “I Have a Dream”

Close Reading of Non Fiction Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech Directions: After closely reading Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech “I Have a Dream,” choose the best answer to each multiple choice question that follows, which focuses on the selection’s content, form, and style. Please Note – pay particular attention to the requirement of questions that contain the word NOT, LEAST, or EXCEPT.

_____1. In the second paragraph, King evokes Abraham Lincoln without referring to him by name by means of: I. II. III. a. b. c. d. e.

An allusion to one of Lincoln’s speeches A reference to a concrete symbol of Lincoln A reference to one of Lincoln’s presidential accomplishments I only II only I and II only II and III only I, II, and III

_____2. In the third paragraph, the primary purpose of King’s repetition of “One hundred years later” is most likely to a. b. c. d. e.

remind his listeners that it is 1963 show that the changes he proposes are long overdue show that the Emancipation Proclamation was a flawed decree emphasize the specific s of the inequities he is describing highlight the inevitable sluggishness of progress

_____3. The main point King makes with the comparison to cashing a check (“When the architects… freedom and the security of justice”) is that a. b. c. d. e.

African Americans have been denied economic opportunities a prosperous nation should provide equal opportunities to all Americans are sometimes unethical in economic matters African Americans are entitled to the rights he is addressing The founders of the nation ignored the rights of African Americans