I HAVE A DREAM

B.) 1. Read the following sentences and write T for true and F for false statements:

a.) The hopes of the Negro population were fulfilled by the signing of the emancipation Proclamation. - True

b.) The condition of the Negroes was spalling. - True

c.) The 'bank of justice' is bankrupt. - True

d.) The author prefers racial discrimination. - False

e.) The nation could overlook Negro problems. - False

f.) The Negroes of America had citizenship rights.- False

g.) The author hates the white Americans. - False

h.) He advocates non-violent struggle. -True

B.) 2. Answer the following questions briefly :

1. What is the author trying to achieve through his speech?

Ans:- The author trying to achieve the support of the listeners in the freedom struggle for Negroes by his speech. He also wants to attract the listener towards the piteous condition of the negroes.

2. Do you think Martin Luther is a great orator? What, according to you, are qualities of a great orator? what does Martin Luther urge his people to do?

Ans:- Yes, I think Martin Luther King is a great orator. I think a great orator is a speaker who held up the excitement of the listener and influences their mind. A great orator has the quality of striking the listener's heart about the topic. Martin Luther urged his people to fight for the freedom, rights and justice of the Negroes.

3. What is their pledge?

Ans:- Their pledge is to march ahead and never to turn back. They are not satisfied until they get their rights and till they will march for freedom and justice and go ahead.

4. What are the 'trial and tribulations' the author talk about?

Ans:- The trials and tribulation author talks about are the hardship and torments people had to suffer when they raise their voices against injustice and discrimination.

B.) 3. Answer the following questions briefly :

1. This is our hope (paragraph - 19). What is hope ?

Ans:- The hope is the dream of every valley being exalted, every mountain and hill shall be made low, the rough places being plain, the crooked places made straight and the hope that the glory of God is seen by all flesh will see together. The hope is a dream which the author sees and he is sure it will come true. The hope is the expectation of the dream coming true (or the author).

2. If America is to be a great nation what must become true?

Ans:- If America has to become a great nation, it should not overlook the problem of Negroes and give all the citizenship rights to them. America should prohibit racial discrimination and work for the welfare of negroes, the natives of America.

3. Why and when will they thank the almighty?

Ans:- They will thank Almighty when the freedom rings in every state and city, village and town, everywhere. They will thank him, because, with His mercy, at last, the blacks will be free and all could live with the same rights and freedom.

C. 1. Long Answer Questions

1. 'The life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.' Elaborate.

Ans:- It has the clear meaning that the life of negro is still like that of a disabled person because it is captivated with the handcuffs of separation (on basis of race) and the fetters of discrimination. The Negroes are thought to be inferior to the whites and so are not given the proper rights of a citizen but are tormented everywhere. In such circumstances, Negroes are like a disabled person who cannot do anything on and for its own. They are racially discriminated everywhere and are still fettered. They are tribulated, tortured, and tormented. They are not given the right to vote, they are not allowed to go to public places and are cut off from society as if they are not humans. This inhuman act done with them has crippled their life.

2. What would be fatal for the nation? Why? Explain.

Ans:- It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro. It would be so because the sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom. Negro is granted his citizenship rights and they will begin a revolt for their rights and justice. The whirlwinds of this revolt will continue to shake the foundations of the nation until the bright day of justice emerges and if the nation does not even understand them and so something for Negroes, this revolt will take a furious form and that could be seriously fatal and injurious for the nation.

3. What was the 'dream'? How many times " I have a dream" appears in the lesson? Discuss the importance of this repetition?

Ans:- The 'dream' is that someday the racial discrimination would come to an end, the son of slaves and owners will share the same table of fraternity, Mississippi state will calm down with justice and freedom, his children will never have to suffer racial in hands. 'I have a dream' phrase is repeated Nine time in the chapter. The importance of repetition is that the writer wants to draw the attention of people towards the dream because it is the dream after which they have to fight against the brutality of the government. This repetition is done to signify its meaning.

4. What is the pledge? When will it be fulfilled?

Ans:- The pledge is to always march ahead on the path of freedom and never to turn back but to move ahead with chest puffed. It will be fulfilled when the Negroes get their rights and freedom. They get justice and are not tortured, tormented, segregated, discriminated and separated from the rest of society. It will be fulfilled when Negroes are free from the clutches of slavery and are given citizenship rights.

5. Do you have a dream for your state? Narrate your dream in your own words.

Ans:- I have a dream that my state is a clean and tidy state where all the people are employed. All children go to school. All the people are literate. The roads are plain without holes and ditches in them. Stray animals do not roam here and there around the city. The City is green and spotlessly clean. Everybody follow the traffic rules. The government rules justly. There is no discrimination on the basis of race, color, caste, creed, etc. None of the officials are corrupt. Everybody ha the same rights to give a vote or to elect their own representative. Everybody gets proper food, clothes and shelter. Justice, nonviolence and truth prevail everywhere.

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