Poverty Speech: Quiz for Monday 5/12: NO talking is allowed or you will receive a ZERO. All quizzes must be labeled properly and put in the drop-box ONLY. You only have 1 period to work. Use proper short-answer format: restate, answer, text-evidence, conclude to receive full-credit.

 “POVERTY SPEECH” (40 pts.)
Author: Nelson Mandela; Source/Publisher: BBC; Date: February 3, 2005
Text Notes: Nobel Peace Prize recipient, global social justice visionary, and former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela spent nearly three decades in prison on a life sentence for conspiracy to overthrow the state. In this speech about ending world poverty, he equates poverty and inequality to slavery and apartheid – labeling them all as man-made “social evils.”

Text-Dependent Questions:
1. Mandela claims that the poorest people in the world are trapped in a “prison of poverty.” Why does he use this metaphor and what does he mean by it?
2. Why is helping the poorest people out of poverty not a matter of charity but social justice? Why is this distinction important?
3. What are the steps and call to action he proposes to end global poverty?
4. What argumentative premises and evidence does this text provide that influence your understanding of or perspective on the issue/problem of global poverty and the US's role in ending it?

Make sure you:
*Use the correct short answer format: restate, answer, textual-evidence, conclude
*Answer all parts of the question
*check your answers for proper spelling/grammar
*use correct MLA in-text citations