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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were many of the black leaders educated according to Tutu?
(a) In white schools.
(b) In Christian churches.
(c) Abroad.
(d) In prison.

2. What does Tutu express about Mandela even when he was in prison?
(a) He was forgotten.
(b) He was a dramatic force.
(c) He was silenced.
(d) He was controling the ANC.

3. How many amnesty applications did the TRC have at the time of its first meeting, according to Tutu?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 9,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 7,000.

4. How did Tutu find the work at the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
(a) Boring.
(b) Rewarding.
(c) Difficult and exhilarating.
(d) Unfullfiling.

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

6. What does Tutu say happened on the first day of the TRC hearings?
(a) A judge fainted.
(b) White men cried.
(c) A bomb scare.
(d) A black woman died.

7. What did Tutu first suggest that TRC members do before abandoning the idea in face of protests?
(a) Appear before the TRC.
(b) Pray.
(c) Swear on the Bible.
(d) Resign their party affiliations.

8. What does Tutu say happened to black people injured on the side of the road when an ambulance for whites arrived in the story he recounted?
(a) They were killed.
(b) They were run over.
(c) They were ignored.
(d) They were helped.

9. What was Tutu preparing for when he was asked to be the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, according to "Chapter Five, Up and Running"?
(a) Vacation.
(b) A trip to Japan.
(c) Retirement.
(d) A sabbatical.

10. What prime minister rescinded the ban of political organization like the ANC?
(a) F.W deKlerk.
(b) Tutu.
(c) Botha.
(d) Mandela.

11. What does Tutu state was forcibly segregated?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) The black part of Cape Town.
(c) East London.
(d) The cosmopolitan part of Cape Town.

12. What part of the New Testament does Tutu say the supporters of Apartheid chose to ignore?
(a) The endorsement of the infinite worth of human beings.
(b) The diversity of human beings.
(c) The commandment about killing one another.
(d) The believers' pledge to attend church.

13. What board was in charge of reassigning members of the same family based on their color according to Tutu?
(a) The Black Board.
(b) The Race Classification Board.
(c) The Good White Family Board.
(d) The Family Racial Board.

14. Who was Prime Minister in South Africa in 1996?
(a) A.J. Vanderburgh.
(b) H.B. Berk.
(c) T.C. Williams.
(d) B.J. Vorster.

15. What type of justice do most people inherently think of?
(a) Restorative justice.
(b) Quick justice.
(c) Mob justice.
(d) Retributive justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many black people were removed from their homes by the racist regime of South Africa?

2. What did those pleading guilty under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act get?

3. According to Tutu, what would forgetting the past do to the segregation victims?

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

5. When did the women become eligible for ordination in South Africa?

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