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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tutu think his cancer represented?

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

3. What did Tutu preach in Rwanda?

4. What did the Rwandan genocide teach Tutu?

5. What did Adriaan Vlok admit at his TRC hearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were many graves opened?

2. Where was Tutu's message unpopular and why?

3. Whose confessions implicated Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela's ex-wife?

4. What did Tutu admit regarding the Anglican Church?

5. What was the worst thing about apartheid according to Tutu?

6. Why was reconciliation in jeopardy in South Africa?

7. What did Tutu admit about conditioning?

8. What did Tutu wonder about God in "Chapter Seven, We Do Want to Forgive, But We Don't Know Whom to Forgive"?

9. What happened on August 31, 1988?

10. Why did Winnie Mandela want the hearing to be open to the public in "Chapter Eight, This is My Brother, I Know These Shoes"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the education received by black South Africans under apartheid and what steps have been taken to resolve the educational issues since the end of apartheid.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the gross violation of human rights focused on by the TRC and how these were defined.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of the TRC, including its structure, purpose, and responsibilities.

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