MCQs from "Long Walk to Freedom"
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What date is referred to at the beginning of the inauguration ?
a) 10th March
b) 10th May ✅
c) 27th April
d) 5th May -
Where did the inauguration ceremony take place?
a) Johannesburg Stadium
b) Cape Town Parliament
c) Union Buildings, Pretoria ✅
d) Durban City Hall -
Who accompanied Mandela on the inauguration day?
a) His wife
b) His son
c) His friend
d) His daughter Zenani ✅ -
Who was sworn in as second deputy president?
a) Mandela
b) Desmond Tutu
c) F. W. de Klerk ✅
d) Oliver Tambo -
Who was sworn in as first deputy president?
a) Jacob Zuma
b) Thabo Mbeki ✅
c) Cyril Ramaphosa
d) Desmond Tutu -
Mandela pledged to obey and uphold the:
a) Government
b) Police
c) Constitution ✅
d) Military -
Mandela referred to the past experience as an extraordinary:
a) War
b) Journey
c) Human disaster ✅
d) Revolution -
Mandela said “Let freedom reign. ______ bless Africa!”
a) People
b) God ✅
c) We
d) Mandela -
What did the military aircraft demonstrate?
a) War strength
b) South Africa's economy
c) Loyalty to democracy ✅
d) Power of apartheid -
The array of jets left a smoke trail in the colours of the:
a) ANC flag
b) Old flag
c) New South African flag ✅
d) Military banner
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The two anthems sung on the inauguration day were:
a) Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika & Die Stem ✅
b) Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika & God Save the Queen
c) Die Stem & Amazing Grace
d) None of these -
Whites sang:
a) Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika
b) Die Stem ✅
c) A new anthem
d) None of these -
Blacks sang:
a) Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika ✅
b) Die Stem
c) A freedom song
d) None -
Mandela’s inauguration marked the end of:
a) Apartheid ✅
b) Civil war
c) Colonial rule
d) Economic depression -
The system created after the Anglo-Boer war was one of:
a) Equality
b) Peace
c) Racial domination ✅
d) Education -
Mandela refers to apartheid as a policy that created:
a) Freedom
b) Wealth
c) Pain and suffering ✅
d) Economic growth -
Which of the following leaders is not mentioned by Mandela?
a) Oliver Tambo
b) Bram Fischer
c) Nelson Mandela ✅
d) Robert Sobukwe -
According to Mandela, South Africa’s greatest wealth is:
a) Gold
b) People ✅
c) Oil
d) Diamonds -
Courage is not the absence of fear, but:
a) Ignoring it
b) Triumph over it ✅
c) Avoiding it
d) Pretending it doesn’t exist -
Mandela believes people are born with:
a) Hatred
b) Love ✅
c) Fear
d) Bravery
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According to Mandela, hatred is:
a) A human instinct
b) Learned ✅
c) Inborn
d) Natural -
Love comes more naturally to the human heart than:
a) Anger
b) Hatred ✅
c) Jealousy
d) Courage -
What reassured Mandela even in prison?
a) Visits from his family
b) Comrades' unity
c) Guards' glimmer of humanity ✅
d) News from the outside -
Every man has twin obligations — to family and:
a) Himself
b) His faith
c) His community and country ✅
d) His business -
In South Africa, fulfilling both obligations was:
a) Easy
b) Encouraged
c) Impossible for men of colour ✅
d) A privilege -
Mandela did not initially choose to place his people above:
a) His friends
b) His career
c) His family ✅
d) His party -
As a child, Mandela believed he was:
a) Controlled
b) Free ✅
c) Destined to lead
d) Rebellious -
Young Mandela's idea of freedom was:
a) Illusion ✅
b) Complete
c) National
d) Imaginary -
Mandela joined the African National Congress because he:
a) Wanted to fight British rule
b) Was offered a job
c) Realised others were not free ✅
d) Was forced to -
Freedom, according to Mandela, is:
a) Selective
b) Illusive
c) Indivisible ✅
d) Temporary
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The desire for his own freedom became:
a) A sacrifice
b) A desire for his people’s freedom ✅
c) An obsession
d) A law career -
Mandela describes his young self as:
a) Quiet
b) Bold
c) Frightened ✅
d) Disobedient -
Mandela felt pain because:
a) He lost a battle
b) His people did not support him
c) He couldn’t thank the earlier patriots ✅
d) He was injured -
Mandela’s freedom was taken away when he:
a) Was born
b) Became a lawyer
c) Grew up and realised inequality ✅
d) Got married -
According to Mandela, the oppressor is also:
a) Evil
b) Powerful
c) Robbed of humanity ✅
d) Free -
Taking away another’s freedom makes one:
a) Brave
b) A leader
c) A prisoner of hatred ✅
d) Responsible -
Mandela’s courage came from:
a) Fear
b) His training
c) His comrades ✅
d) His books -
Prison guards sometimes showed:
a) Kindness ✅
b) Cruelty
c) Cowardice
d) Bravery -
According to Mandela, South Africa must recover from:
a) Poverty
b) Racism
c) A deep wound ✅
d) Invasion -
Mandela refers to apartheid as:
a) Law
b) A deep and lasting wound ✅
c) A fair policy
d) History
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Which of these men is described as having courage and generosity?
a) Thabo Mbeki
b) Jacob Zuma
c) Chief Luthuli ✅
d) F. W. de Klerk -
Mandela describes his childhood freedom as:
a) Political
b) Absolute
c) Tribal
d) An illusion ✅ -
The phrase “a twilight existence” refers to:
a) Living freely
b) Living secretly and in hiding ✅
c) Royal lifestyle
d) Comfortable life -
Mandela gave up his family life to serve:
a) His political party
b) His country ✅
c) The army
d) The president -
Freedom is meaningful only if:
a) All are free ✅
b) It is written in law
c) It is partial
d) The elite enjoy it -
Mandela compares man’s goodness to:
a) A tree
b) A seed
c) A flame ✅
d) A river -
The flame of man’s goodness can be:
a) Destroyed
b) Hidden but never extinguished ✅
c) Blown away
d) Ignited by hate -
Mandela describes apartheid as the source of:
a) Strength
b) Unity
c) Suffering ✅
d) Power -
Mandela's attitude on the inauguration day was mostly:
a) Proud and vengeful
b) Grateful and reflective ✅
c) Angry
d) Passive -
According to Mandela, what was the greatest achievement?
a) Winning elections
b) Military show
c) Overthrow of apartheid and victory of freedom ✅
d) Becoming president
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