Read the passage from "magna carta and its american legacy.” then answer the question.

what did the nobles hope to accomplish by having king john sign the magna carta?

to allow the king to have more power and keep the government strong
to increase the king’s power to use his lawful judgment
to prevent the king from having the power to abuse rights and inflict injustices
to force the king to occupy land and keep the interests of england safe

Question 1 (1 point) five score years ago, a great american, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the emancipation proclamation. this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. it came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. but one hundred years later, the negro still is not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. one hundred years later, the negro is still languished in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. and so we’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. in the first paragraph of this passage, which literary technique does mlk use? question 1 options: a. this is an example of personification because it compares segregation to being in chains. b. this is an example of hyperbole because it gives it gives human characteristics to segregation. c. this is an example of allusion because it references the language used in the emancipation proclamation, which freed slaves in 1863, 100 years before this speech was presented. d. this is an example of onomatopoeia because he uses the words seared and withering to describe the injustices experienced by african americans.

How did the magna carta affect the power of the english king? a) it closely linked the king's power to the power of the nobles. b) it weakened the king's power. c) it strengthened the king's power. d) it had no effect on the king's power.

What happened during the victorian age? a. all social classes lived near each other b. the middle class became much larger c. city populations began to decrease d. families continued to go to work together