Lit Test Commonlit

PART B: Which quote from the text best supports the answer to Part A, in the previous question?

"And my sister Amina, from the North of Nigeria, where Boko Haram threatens, and stops girls and even kidnaps girls, just for wanting to go to school."

Which quotation best describes Mandela's definition of freedom?

"I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.

Part B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A in the previous question?

"I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A, in the previous question?

"It is so much easier to look away from victims... Their hidden or even visible anguish is of no interest."

What statement best describes Dr. King's purpose in writing his "Letter From a Birmingham Jail?"

Dr. King sought to criticize white Americans who were supportive of his cause but who were too fearful of the Klan's terrorism to take action to end racism.

in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested in Birmingham, AL after protesting racism and discrimination against African Americans. While in jail, Dr. King wrote his now famous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." Who was Dr. King's intended audience of this letter?

The clergy (religious leaders) in Birmingham

Part A: Which statement best expresses Dr. King's central argument in the text?

The presence of injustice necessitates a nonviolent response in order to repair the harms of prejudice and discrimination.

Mandela shows great character in his concern, not only for the Blacks of South Africa who had been oppressed for decades, but also for the white people who had oppressed them. Which quotation best exemplifies Mandela's concern for his white oppressors?

"It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed."

Which quotation best exemplifies the indifference shown to Jewish people during the Holocaust?

"Sixty years ago, its human cargo — nearly 1,000 Jews — was turned back to Nazi Germany."

PART B: Which quotation from the text best supports the answer to Part A, in the previous question?

"Why do leaders accept that for children in developing countries, only basic literacy is sufficient, when their own children do homework in algebra, mathematics, science and physics?"

In 1962, Nelson Mandela was arrested and convicted of sabotage and treason for his efforts to fight apartheid in South Africa. In Nelson Mandela's excerpt, "Microphone," he discusses his release from prison and first day of freedom. How long was Mandela imprisoned? *

27 years

PART A: Which of the following best describes the connection Yousafzai makes between gender and education in some regions?

Girls are discouraged and sometimes physically prevented from pursuing an education

In 1992, Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, was invited to speak at the White House to reflect on the past century. There were many parallels between Wiesel's experiences during the Holocaust and the events in Kosovo, which was experiencing ethnic cleansing at the time. Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text?

The Holocaust exemplifies how indifference toward human suffering allows further tragedies and pain.

PART A: Malala Yousafzai was 14 when she was shot in the head by the Taliban, an Islamic extremist group, for her advocacy of equal education. Two years later, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In her acceptance speech, she discusses her commitment to education. Which of the following identifies Malala Yousafzai's main claim in the text?

World leaders need to prioritize access to education for all children, as it is important for all children to be able to succeed.

PART A: Why does Elie Wiesel believe indifference is the most dangerous emotion?

because it allows suffering to continue

What does Mandela believe accompanies (comes along with) freedom?

responsabilities