I Have A Dream Speech

This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. “Four score and seven years ago” is an example of what rhetorical device?

A) hyperbole

B) metonymy

C) allusion

D) understatement

2. When King says, “Four score and seven years ago,” he:

A) emphasizes his extensive knowledge of American history.

B) creates a lighthearted tone by referencing a popular and famous speech.

C) Indicates the purpose of his speech to the audience.

D) connects the present day to a previously momentous day in American history.

3. King’s use of the phrase “We can never be satisfied” is an example of:

A) allusion

B) anaphora

C) synecdoche

D) metaphor

4. Which best states the overall message of King’s speech?

A) It has been one hundred years since the Emancipation Proclamation, but Black people are still not free in the United States.

B) Freedom for all in the United States requires the dedication and cooperation of multiple stakeholders.