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wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

A
Martin Luther King Jr.
B
Rosa Parks
C
A group of clergy
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The immediate audience is , but the secondary audience is citizens of Birmingham.

A
the eight clergy
B
the governor of Alabama
C
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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The exigence that prompted the letter was , and the letter’s purpose was to .

A
the Montgomery bus boycott
B
the Alabama clergy’s statement
C
the Birmingham campaign
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The exigence that prompted the letter was , and the letter’s purpose was to .

A
defend King’s presence in Alabama
B
invite the eight clergy to join the Birmingham campaign
C
persuade the courts to take action against segregation
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Read the public statement from Alabama clergy on pp. 513–514 of your textbook.According to the statement, what was the exigence of the text?

A
the needs of the community in Birmingham
B
the civil rights protests in Birmingham
C
to emphasize that people need to stop protesting
D
to persuade King to leave Alabama
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Read the sentence from paragraph 3 of the public statement from Alabama clergy to Martin Luther King Jr.We recognize the natural impatience of people who feel that their hopes are slow in being realized.What is the main reason the writers include this sentence?

A
to establish their purpose as supporting the demonstrators in their plight
B
to provide condolences to King for his arrest as a result of the demonstrations
C
to appeal to the demonstrators by acknowledging their frustration
D
to claim that the problems in Birmingham are the fault of the outsiders

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