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Unit Quiz: Why do we celebrate Mandela Day?

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Q1. Why did the government send Nelson Mandela to prison?

Options:

  1. He had committed a crime.
  2. He was gaining lots of support and the government did not want to change the laws.

Correct Answer:

  1. He was gaining lots of support and the government did not want to change the laws.

Q2. Black people were allowed to vote in the 1994 election. True or false?

Options:

  1. True.
  2. False.

Correct Answer:

  1. True.

Q3. When is Mandela Day celebrated?

Options:

  1. 18th June.
  2. 18th July.
  3. 18th August.

Correct Answer:

  1. 18th July.

Q4. The Apartheid laws allowed black people to go to whichever schools they wanted.

Options:

  1. True.
  2. False.

Correct Answer:

  1. False.