What tone does Martin Luther King, Jr. create through his choice of words in the following portion of his Nobel Prize acceptance speech?I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when 22 million Negroes of the United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night of racial injustice, I accept this award on behalf of a civil rights movement which is moving with determination and a majestic scorn for risk and danger to establish a reign of freedom and a rule of justice. I am mindful that only yesterday in Birmingham, Alabama, our children, crying out for brotherhood, were answered with fire hoses, snarling dogs and even death. I am mindful that only yesterday in Philadelphia, Mississippi, young people seeking to secure the right to vote were brutalized and murdered. And only yesterday more than 40 houses of worship in the State of Mississippi alone were bombed or burned because they offered a sanctuary to those who would not accept segregation. I am mindful that debilitating and grinding poverty afflicts my people and chains them to the lowest rung of the economic ladder.A.ExcitedB.QuestioningC.PlayfulD.SeriousSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Click to read the passage from "Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance," by Martin Luther King Jr. Then answer the question.Which of the following explains King's reason for listing examples of the struggles for civil rights in this speech?A.To provide evidence that African Americans are still struggling for civil rightsB.To attack his opponentsC.To set a more formal toneD.To argue that the civil rights movement has wonSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

What theme does Martin Luther King, Jr. support in the following passage from his Nobel Prize acceptance speech?After contemplation, I conclude that this award which I receive on behalf of that movement is a profound recognition that nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to violence and oppression. Civilization and violence are antithetical concepts. Negroes of the United States, following the people of India, have demonstrated that nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation. Sooner or later all the people of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace, and thereby transform this pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood. If this is to be achieved, man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.A.Peaceful protesting is the best way to bring about change.B.Civilized societies gain more through violence than non–violence.C.Violence and peace cannot exist together.D.Non–violence is used in the U.S. and India.

What is the purpose of King's Nobel Prize acceptance speech?A.To acknowledge his role in getting the Civil Rights Act passed and helping gain equal rights for all peopleB.To reprimand the audience for not doing more to stop the violence against people who are fighting for freedomC.To encourage people to keep fighting for freedom and equality, even when the battle seems impossible to winD.To take responsibility for several violent acts committed by people who were fighting for freedom with himSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

According to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, why does King think he was given the award?A.Because of the nonviolent methods he has used to fight oppressionB.Because of the great personal losses he has sufferedC.Because of his continuing war with the U.S. governmentD.Because of his efforts to get the Civil Rights Act passedSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this passage:The tortuous road which has led from Montgomery, Alabama to Oslo bears witness to this truth. This is a road over which millions of Negroes are travelling to find a new sense of dignity. This same road has opened for all Americans a new era of progress and hope. It has led to a new Civil Rights Bill, and it will, I am convinced, be widened and lengthened into a super highway of justice as Negro and white men in increasing numbers create alliances to overcome their common problems.Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1964How does King use figurative language to express the idea that victory for the civil rights movement will only come after a long and difficult journey?A.He compares the journey to "a new sense of dignity" and "a new era of progress and hope."B.He compares the journey to the time between the Declaration of Independence and the Civil Rights Act.C.He compares the journey to both a "tortuous road" and "a super highway of justice."D.He compares the journey to a trip from Montgomery, Alabama, to Oslo, Norway.