I Have a Dream Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around I Have a Dream? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation." (2.1) To which "great American" is MLK referring?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Tom Brady
Q. Martin Luther King, Jr. refers to the quote "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." (12.1) Which American founding document contains this quote?
The Constitution
Articles of Condfederation
Philip Roth's novel Portnoy's Complaint
The Declaration of Independence
Q. : "I have a dream that one day down in _______, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification," one day right there in _______ little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers." (16.1) Fill in the blanks. To which state is the speech referring?
Georgia
Montana
Alabama
Endor
Q. "We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force." (8.3) What philosophy is described in this quote?
Non-violence
Radicalism
Malcolm
Rebel Alliance
Q. "And so we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice." (5.3) Which answer best describes the subject of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "check" metaphor?
The establishment of a National Reserve bank
Monetary reparations for former slaves
Unlimited Credit Cards
The equality promised by the Founding Fathers