In this paragraph, what connotation does "shame" have?
feeling proud
knowing right and wrong
having regret
feeling humiliation

There are 3 prepositional phrases: for civil rights, by means, and of protest. As a general rule the object of the preposition follows the preposition and is always a noun. So in the phrase for civil rights the object would be rights (civil is an adjective describing rights). The object of "by means" is means. The object of "of protest"