Question

questions 14 and 15 refer to the following.
i am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. the blessings in which you, this day,
rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. the rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and
independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. the sunlight that
brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. this fourth of july is
yours, not mine. you may rejoice, i must mourn. to drag a man in fetters into the grand
illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were
inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony. do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me
to speak today?
frederick douglass, african american activist, what to the slave is the fourth of july?,
speech, 1852
15
mark for review
the excerpt most directly reflects the
a
b
c
d
efforts to commemorate african american contributions to the
american revolution
public visibility of african americans in abolitionist campaigns
migration of many african americans from the rural south to the
urban north
willingness of the abolitionist movement to use violence to free
african americans

Explanation:

The text is a speech by Frederick Douglass, an African - American activist. The question is about which option the excerpt most directly reflects. Option A mentions efforts to commemorate African - American contributions to the American Revolution. However, the speech focuses on the hypocrisy of celebrating independence while African - Americans were still oppressed (as Douglass was asked to speak on the 4th of July, a day of freedom celebration for some but not for African - Americans). But among the given options, we analyze based on the content. The speech is about the situation of African - Americans. Option B (public visibility of African Americans in abolitionist campaigns) is not the main focus. Option C (migration of many African Americans from the rural South to the urban North) is not mentioned. Option D (willingness of the abolitionist movement to use violence to free African Americans) is also not in the text. But if we consider the overall context of the speech which is about African - Americans' situation related to the celebration (which is a form of their struggle and presence, similar to being part of a movement contextually related to abolition in a sense of their fight for rights), and if we assume that the options are perhaps mis - aligned but we have to choose the least wrong. If we consider that the speech is by an African - American activist (related to the abolitionist movement's context for African - Americans), option D is the closest in terms of the movement's aspect (even though the text doesn't mention violence, but among the options, it's about the movement for African - Americans' freedom).

Answer:

D. willingness of the abolitionist movement to use violence to free African Americans