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Read the passage and answer the questions that follow : 

It was this desire for the freedom of my people to live their lives with dignity and self-respect that animated my life, that transformed a frightened young man into a bold one, that drove a law-abiding attorney to become a criminal, that turned a family-loving husband into a man without a home, that forced a life-loving man to live like a monk.

1. Who speaks these words?

a. Nelson Mandela speaks these words.

b. Betty Friedan speaks these words.

c. Abraham Lincoln speaks these words.

d. Mahatma Gandhi speaks these words.

2. How did "he" become a criminal?

a. He' became a criminal after he accidentally killed a white man.

b. He' became a criminal after he committed homicide on white men.

c. He' became a criminal according to the then prevalent laws because he was fighting for his people's freedom.

d. He' was not a criminal and was wrongly accused.

3. When and what transformation took place in Mandela?

a. His desire for freedom turned him into a bloodthirsty lunatic.

b. His desire for freedom turned him from a law-abiding attorney into a bold advocator and a "supposed" criminal.

c. His desire for freedom made him run away to another country.

d. His desire for freedom made him commit homicides.

4. What profession did Mandela belong to?

a. Mandela was a law-attorney

b. Mandela was a criminal.

c. Mandela was a teacher

d. Mandela was a singer.

5. Who did Mandela live like?

a. Mandela lived like an old man.

b. Mandela lived like a poor man.

c. Mandela lived like a king.

d. Mandela lived like a monk.

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1. a. Nelson Mandela speaks these words.

2. c. He' became a criminal according to the then prevalent laws because he was fighting for his people's freedom.

3. b. His desire for freedom turned him from a law-abiding attorney into a bold advocator and a "supposed" criminal.

4. a. Mandela was a law-attorney

5. d. Mandela lived like a monk.

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