Read this passage:I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1964What is the meaning of this passage?A.King doesn't understand people who are racist, and he thinks that violence is the only thing they recognize.B.King wants the violence to end so that all men can wake up and see the start of a beautiful new day.C.King doesn't believe people are so set in their ways that they can't accept a peaceful future.D.King acknowledges that the cycle of oppression and violence is very difficult to end.

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.

this passage: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.Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1964What is King trying to say in this passage?A.Oppression will continue unless people resort to violence.B.Violence should only be used as a last resort to end discrimination.C.Peaceful action is the only way to put an end to violence and oppression.D.Nonviolence does not work with people who are used to committing evil acts.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

this passage:I believe that even amid today's mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow. I believe that wounded justice, lying prostrate on the blood-flowing streets of our nations, can be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among the children of men. I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down men other-centered can build up.Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1964Which rhetorical strategy is King using by repeating the phrase "I believe" in this passage?A.Logos, to establish his credibility as an expertB.Pathos, to engage the feelings of the audienceC.Ethos, to provide evidence to support his argumentD.Rhetorical questions, to emphasize his pointSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

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

In his "I Have a Dream" speech, Martin Luther King Jr. argued:A.Americans could live together in peace.B.African Americans should violently resist racism.C.segregation should be legal in the South.D.Americans should not support Communism.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS