Nelson Mandela's Speech

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.

Apartheid was _________.

• Mandela's political party

• Segregation

• The law that overturned segregation

• Mandela's true name

Mandela gave his "Glory and Hope" speech upon his release from prison.

• True

• False

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

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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? 

• World War II
• apartheid system
• Natural disaster
• Economic recession

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 animals
• people and rivers

• people and trees

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

"That spiritual and physical oneness we all share with this common homeland explains the depth of the pain we all carried in our hearts as we saw our country tear itself apart in terrible conflict." Which rhetorical device is being used here?

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

What primary social issue was 'tearing' the country apart?

• Racial inequality
• Not specified
• Political corruption
• Economic disparity

What is the common victory for justice, peace, and human dignity?

• equality
• the oppression of the people

• gaining global political status

• winning the rugby tournament