Nelson Mandela's Speech

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Ellie Davison
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Nelson Mandela was _________.
the leader of the NAACP.
famous for breaking out of prison.
the first black president of South Africa.
the founder of peaceful protest.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Apartheid was _________.
Mandela's political party
Segregation
The law that overturned segregation
Mandela's true name
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Mandela gave his "Glory and Hope" speech upon his release from prison.
True
False
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What two things are being compared in the analogy used by Mandela
"confer glory and hope to newborn liberty"?
Glory and hope
New-found freedom to an infant
Injustice and apartheid
Conferences and liberty
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
At the beginning of the speech, Mandela writes, "Out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud." What was the extraordinary human disaster?
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What two things are being compared in the analogy used by Mandela "I have no hesitation in saying that each one of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld."
people and flowers
people and rivers
people and trees
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What does Mandela mean when he discusses the people's attachment to the soil?
Their love for nature
Their connection to their homeland
Their agricultural practices
Their respect for the environment
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
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