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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven, We Do Want To Forgive, But We Don't Know Whom To Forgive.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the man in one of the TRC cases do after smelling the burning corpse of a murdered victim?
(a) Went home.
(b) Went to work.
(c) Went to a barbecue.
(d) Went to church.

2. How does Tutu explain why there was no bloodshed during the end of Apartheid?
(a) The army was deployed everywhere.
(b) It was the right time.
(c) The blacks had no weapons.
(d) The whites fled the country.

3. Why was the TRC not popular in some parts according to Tutu?
(a) People saw it as a waste of money.
(b) People didn't want their past revealed.
(c) People wanted revenge.
(d) People didn't want to part with their slaves.

4. Whom does Tutu maintain could also commit terrible crimes?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Youths.
(d) Black.

5. Why was the TRC center in Eastern Cape?
(a) It was cheaper than other options.
(b) The first race wars were fought there.
(c) Security was easier to manage.
(d) There was no room in Cape Town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the former segregationists live in 1994 according to Tutu?

2. What does Tutu say happened on the first day of the TRC hearings?

3. Under what conditions were the trials under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act held?

4. What did people with ties to the segregationist regime get for their confession?

5. Why do some ANC members have to go before the TRC commission?

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