Read this passage:I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history.Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1964What is the meaning of the underlined word?A.Uncertainties; things that are hard to understandB.Motivation; a desire for fame or powerC.Violence; the intentional use of physical forceD.Cruelty; a series of evil or horrible events

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 the meaning of the underlined word?A.Combined togetherB.Absolutely necessaryC.Extremely frighteningD.Full of crueltySUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

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.

he author’s tone towards the end of the passage can be best described as despairing.  advisory.  cautionary.  gloomy.

Read this passage:I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him. I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. 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, 1964Which technique does King most clearly use to emphasize his points in this passage?A.He repeats certain words over and over.B.He addresses the audience by saying "you."C.He compares freedom to "flotsam and jetsam."D.He describes how unimportant awards are.

this passage:His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands and wept so that his powerful chest shook.David Wyllie, trans., The MetamorphosisWhich word could replace the underlined word without changing the overall meaning of the sentence?A.kindlyB.uninterestedC.unconcernedD.angry