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1. When did Dr. King deliver this speech?

(a) December 1955

(b) August 1963

(c) December 1965

(d) April 1968

2. Where did Dr. King deliver this speech?

(a) in Detroit Michigan, following a weekend of riots

(b) in Montgomery, Alabama after Rosa Parks was arrested

(c) at the march to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.

(d) in Memphis Tennessee shortly before he was assassinated

3. “Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand

signed the _______________________.”

a. Constitution

b. Bill of Rights

c. Emancipation Proclamation

d. Civil Rights Act

4. The next paragraph, Dr King talks about ‘one hundred years later’, as he describes the fact that African Americans are still not free. How many times does he say ‘one hundred years later’ in this paragraph?

a. 4

b. 5

c. 7

d. 8

5. ‘When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of _____________________’?

a. wealth

b. happiness

c. education

d. religious freedom

6. In paragraph 11 of the speech (beginning "I am not unmindful . . .), Dr. King addresses those in the audience who have been unjustly imprisoned and who have been "battered by . . . police brutality." What advice does Dr. King offer to these people?

(a) seek revenge for the way you have been mistreated

(b) succumb to despair

(c) return home and continue to work for justice

(d) recruit lawyers and sue your local police departments

(e) pray that God will forgive those who persecuted you

7. Numerous states are mentioned in Dr. King’s speech. Which state below is NOT mentioned?

a. Ohio

b. Mississippi

c. Louisiana

d. New York

8. Toward the end of the speech, in the paragraphs beginning with the now-famous phrase "I have a dream," Dr. King mentions certain members of his own family. Which family members does he refer to?

(a) his mother and father

(b) his sister, Christine, and his brother, Alfred

(c) his grandparents and great-grandparents

(d) his four little children

(e) his wife, Coretta Scott King

9. Toward the end of his speech, Dr. King delivers a patriotic appeal by

a. quoting “My country, ‘tis of thee . . ..”

b. reciting the Pledge of Allegiance

c. singing “America, the Beautiful”

d. leading the audience in a stirring rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner”

10. At the end of his speech, Dr. King repeatedly calls out, "Let freedom ring." Which one of the following locations does he not name in this part of the speech?

a. the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York

b. Lookout Mountain of Tennessee

c. the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado

d. Stone Mountain of Georgia

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