Deck 1: Martin Luther King Jrs Philosophy of Non-Injury and Other Short Stories

Question 1

According to Martin Luther King Jr. what is the highest expression of non-injury?

A)avoiding external injury
B)love
C)avoiding internal injury
D)suffering

Answer 1

love

Question 2

'The Philosophy of Non-Violence' states that the focus of the non-violent resister is on ________

A)the evil system
B)the enemy
C)the evil-doer
D)the self

Answer 2

the evil system

Question 3

Martin Luther King Jr. considers publicity for a non-violent resister as________

A)a blessing
B)a pitfall
C)a misunderstanding
D)a curse

Answer 3

a pitfall

Question 4

The essay 'On the Rule of the Road' by A. G. Gardiner is about the judicial use of ___________

A)roads
B)footpaths
C)liberty
D)prisons

Question 5

The fat old lady, in the beginning of the essay 'On the Rule of the Road', is walking down a busy road in ___________

A)spain
B)britain
C)moscow
D)petrograd

Question 6

A. G. Gardiner says that people are liberty-drunk these days. What does the author mean by 'liberty-drunk'?

A)people are over-using individual liberty.
B)the public is drinking too much.
C)there is no liberty for the common man.
D)liberty is a luxury.

Question 7

The essay 'On the Rule of the Road' argues that in order that the liberties of all may be preserved, the liberties of everyone must be ___________

A)granted
B)set free
C)banned
D)curtailed

Question 8

What is the pen-name of A. G. Gardiner under which he wrote his essays?

A)bassett horn
B)bozzo
C)alpha of the plough
D)a. g. g.

Question 9

What would be the result if liberty enabled everyone to do whatever they wanted whenever they wanted to?

A)peace
B)universal chaos
C)complete freedom
D)individual freedom

Question 10

Vanka was apprenticed to Alaykhin to become ___________

A)a cook
B)a shoe-maker
C)a night-watchman
D)a teacher

Question 11

What time of the year is the story 'Vanka' set?

A)on christmas day
B)on easter
C)on christmas eve
D)on vanka's birthday.

Question 12

Konstantin Makarich, Vanka's grandfather, works as _____________

A)a cook
B)a shoe-maker
C)a night-watchman
D)a teacher

Question 13

What do the other apprentices make Vanka steal?

A)master's work tools
B)fish
C)vodka
D)master's cucumbers

Question 14

What did Vanka's diet consist of at the master's?

A)bread and gruel
B)tea and bread
C)tea and cabbage soup
D)potato and soup

Question 15

Who taught Vanka to read and write?

A)konstantin makarich
B)his mother
C)the maids
D)olga

Question 16

Why was Vanka beaten by the master the previous day?

A)for stealing his cucumbers
B)for falling asleep while rocking their brat
C)for cleaning the fish the wrong way
D)for disobedience

Question 17

What was Schatz's initial symptom?

A)fever
B)headache
C)stomach pain
D)influenza

Question 18

When the doctor examined Schatz, his temperature was___________

A)40 degree farenheit
B)102 degree farenheit
C)50 degree farenheit
D)79 degree farenheit

Question 19

What was Schatz's real disease?

A)cancer
B)tuberculosis
C)influenza
D)pneumonia

Question 20

What did the father in A Day's Wait do in order to cheer the boy up?

A)went hunting
B)went fishing
C)read to him
D)left him alone

Question 21

In which season did the story A Day's Wait take place?

A)summer
B)winter
C)spring
D)autumn

Question 22

What did the father in A Day's Wait catch when he went out hunting?

A)fish
B)quail
C)chicken
D)deer

Question 23

What kind of a hero is Schatz?

A)romantic hero
B)anti-romantic hero
C)antagonist hero
D)fatalistic hero

Question 24

What is the central theme of the story 'Marriage is a Private Affair'?

A)stubborn sons
B)duty towards grandchildren
C)unconditional love of fathers
D)clash of cultures

Question 25

Name the tribe to which Nene belonged.

A)ibo
B)ibibo
C)yoruba
D)morua