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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tutu say was the main weakness of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act bill?
(a) It couldn't impose fines.
(b) Forgiveness was granted immediately.
(c) The judges were all black.
(d) It only targeted whites.

2. What other approach, beside trials, does Tutu believe was not the right one either?
(a) Blanket amnesty.
(b) Ex-communication.
(c) Banishment.
(d) Death squads.

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

4. According to Tutu, voting in South Africa was _______________.
(a) A burden.
(b) A difficult thing.
(c) A spiritual experience.
(d) A dangerous thing.

5. Tutu said that he didn't seek a permit for ______________.
(a) Staying in his diocese.
(b) Driving.
(c) Travelling to Oslo.
(d) Taking a wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Mandela spend in prison?

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

3. What does the prime minister convince the white population it was in their best interest to do?

4. What foreign leader's extradition did Tutu say he supported?

5. Who won the 1994 presidential election?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the TRC charged with according to "Chapter Six, A Victim Hearing"?

2. What was significant about May 10?

3. What despotic ruler wanted blanket amnesty?

4. What were Tutu's three primary goals as Tutu received his tenure as archbishop?

5. What was still in force when Desmond Tutu became Archbishop in 1986?

6. What was the racial superiority in South Africa based on?

7. Why was April 27, 1994 significant according to "Chapter One, The Prelude"?

8. What did apartheid supporters deliberately miss according to Tutu?

9. What does Tutu argue when he reproduces a statement from Judge Mohamed?

10. What would no one admit to according to "Chapter Two, Nuremberg or National Amnesia? A Third Way"?

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