Bihar
Board 12th English 100 Marks
Crash
Course Day-11 (English)
I
HAVE A DREAM
-Martin Luther King Jr.
“I
Have a Dream” is a speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in Lincoln
Memorial in Washington DC in 1963. He was born on 15 Jan. 1929. He was
influenced by Gandhi Jee and also supported non-violence and got Nobel Prize in
1964.
In this speech he raised his voice against American government as American
government was not in favour of them. Actually one hundred years ago, the great
President of America Abraham Lincoln, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
This proclamation freed all Negro slaves. But one hundred years later Negroes
are not free. They live in ghettos and find no justice. He says that they had
to live life of deported persons though they are native. he says that the Negro
cannot wait any longer. The movement will continue unabated till the Negro gets
justice.
Martin Luther has a dream that one day
Negroes will get freedom. He has a dream that one day all of them- black people
and white people will sing together, “we are free.”
Objective
Questions & Answers
1. Martin
Luther king was born in…………
a)1929 b)1918 c)1968
2. Martin
Luther King died in……………….
a)1968 b)1980 c)1999
3. Martin
Luther king got the Nobel prize in…………
a)1962 b)1964 c)1966
4. Martin
luther king delivered speech in…………
a)1961 b)1963 c)1965
5. Martin
Luther king delivered speech in………..
a)Washington b)Chicago c)Hyderabad
6. Martin
Luther was influenced by …………
a)Zakir b)Gandhiji b)bahadur Singh
7. Strength to
Love, The Montgomery Story is written by………….
a)Bertrand Russel b)martin
Luther c)Germaine Greer
8. Stride
toward Freedom, Where do we go from here, Why we can’t wait, Chaos or Community
is written by
a)Bertrand Russell b)Martin
Luther King c)germaine
Greer
9. Martin
Luther King Jr. belonged to………………
a)the USA b)Kenya c)India
10. ‘I have a
dream’ is a part of speech delivered by……………..
a)Zakir Hussain b)Martin Luther King
Jr. c)J.L. Nehru
11. The
condition of the…………..was appalling.
a)French b)Hispanics c)Negroes
12. ……………….was a
great orator.
a)Martin Luther King Jr. b)Shiga
Naoya c)Germaine Greer
13. “I have a
dream’ is written by………….
a)Shiga Naoya b)Martin Luther
King c)Zakir Hussain
14. Martin
Luther King Jr. was a……………..
a)singer b)professor c)civil right activists
15. …………………advocates
non-violent struggle.
a)Kamala Das b)Pearl S.Buck c)Martin Luther
16. Martin
Luther King Jr. loves the white………………..
a)American b)African c)Indian
17. Martin
Luther was a……………..
a)Indian b)Korean c)Negroes
18. …………..is
sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression.
a)Mississippi b)Mexico c)Nevada
19. Let freedom
ring from the stone mountain of………….
a)Georgia b)Alps c)Allas
20. ………………..is a
desert state of the USA.
a)Las Vegas b)Mississippi c)Louisiana
21. Negroes are
the former……………..of America.
a)slaves b)sweeper c)kings
22. Martin
Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, ………………in Memphis.
a)1966 b)1968 c)1970
23. …………….has
given the Negroes people a bad cheque which has come back marked insufficient
funds.
a)Africa b)America c)France
24. Nobel Prize
for Peace was given to Martin Luther King Jr. in…………
a)1964 b)1990 c)1970
25. Martin
Luther King Jr. delivered his speech in Washington DC on August………
a)25, 1963 c)28,1963 c)12,1964
26. Who raised
voice against American government…….
a)Mahatma Gandhi b)Zakir Hussain b)Martin
Short
Answer Questions
1. What does
Martin Luther King Jr. urge his people to do? How should it be conducted?
Ans. Martin Luther King asks the Negroes to follow the path of non-violence. He
asks them to be patient, courageous and cultivate the power of the soul to
counter physical violence.
2. What was
Martin Luther King’s dream? Elaborate.
Ans. Martin Luther King believed in the ultimate reconciliation between the
Americans and the Negroes. It was the idea of reconciliation that he expressed
by reiterating his dream in various details. He had the dream of the American
nation rising up and following its creed of equality in true sense. He also had
the vision of complete fraternity.
3. What does
Martin Luther say about the life of the Negroes?
Ans. He says that the life of the Negroes is still sadly crippled by the
manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. They still live on a
lonely island of poverty.
4. What are the
things needed to remove the discontent of the Negroes?
Ans. Freedom and equality are required to remove their discontent. They must be
provided with equal opportunities for their development. Their cultural
identity must be protected.
5. What is the
pledge of the Negroes? When will they be satisfied?
Ans. The Negroes have made a sacred pledge to march forward and continue their
struggle. They will be satisfied only when they receive justice in every field
of life.
6. What are the
‘trials and tribulations’ the author talks about?
Ans. In their quest for justice some of the Negroes were prosecuted, beaten up
by the police and sent to jail. The author is talking about these trials and
tribulations.
7. If America
is to be a great nation what must become true.
If America is to be great nation, it must be a land of freedom for all her
citizens, black and white.
Explain
the following
1. We can't be
satisfied as long as the Nigro’s basic
mobility is from a smaller Ghetto to a larger one.
Ans. The given sentence has been taken from “I Have A Dream.” Here the orator
Martin Luther King Jr wants some change in the life of Negros slave are leading
hard life. According to him they must go to the large place from the small
Ghetto.
