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Desmond Tutu

No Future Without Forgiveness Quiz

Desmond Tutu
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No Future Without Forgiveness Quiz

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1)

What does Tutu assert sometimes happened to those pleading guilty under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act? (from Chapter Four, What About Justice?)

They fled the country.
They lost their job.
The were hunted down and killed.
Their marriage ended.
2)

What were TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to take? (from Postscript)

A second loan on their car.
Vacations.
Breaks during the day.
The TRC seriously.
3)

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"? (from Chapter Five, Up and Running)

A sabbatical.
Retirement.
Vacation.
A trip to Japan.
4)

Tutu said the TRC spoke for ______________. (from Chapter Four, What About Justice?)

White people.
The oppressors.
Black people.
The victims.
5)

How many amnesty applications did the TRC have at the time of its first meeting, according to Tutu? (from Chapter Five, Up and Running)

5,000.
9,000.
7,000.
8,000.
6)

What was the date of the first apartheid legislation in South Africa? (from Chapter Six, A Victim Hearing)

1958.
1948.
1945.
1943.
7)

What were TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to have? (from Postscript)

Bodyguards.
Neutral clothes.
Guns.
A support system.
8)

What type of cancer did Tutu find out he had while on the TRC? (from Postscript)

Liver.
Lung.
Prostate.
Brain.
9)

What did Tutu grow to accept as a child? (from Chapter Six, A Victim Hearing)

His faith.
His race.
His father was white.
Apartheid.
10)

Who asked Tutu to head the Truth and Reconciliation Commission? (from Chapter Five, Up and Running)

Tutu volunteered.
The President of the United States.
Mandela.
The United Nations.
11)

What does Tutu maintain oppressors can do to their victims? (from Chapter Nine, Why The Heck Am I Doing This Thankless Job?)

Make them feel worthless.
Kill them.
Torture them.
Make them doubt they are children of God.
12)

What does Tutu say of the whites that came forward to the TRC? (from Chapter Six, A Victim Hearing)

They were remarkable.
They were scared.
They were cowards.
They were coerced.
13)

How was the location of the first TRC meeting used prior to 1994? (from Chapter Five, Up and Running)

To hand black thiefs.
Resistance to apartheid meetings.
As a market.
White supremacist meetings.
14)

What made Botha pathetic during his hearing at the TRC? (from Chapter Ten, We Did Not Know)

His stubbornness and anger.
His physical appearance.
The number of lawyers he brought.
His crying.
15)

What court was Judge Mohamed assigned to, according to Tutu? (from Chapter Four, What About Justice?)

Juvenile court.
Criminal court.
The Supreme Court of South Africa.
Constitutional court.
16)

What did Adriaan Vlok admit at his TRC hearing? (from Chapter Eight, This Is My Brother, I Know These Shoes)

To having an order to bomb the Khotso House.
To having plotted against Mandela.
To having killed a black aide.
To having been an undercover ANC agent.
17)

What happened to Botha between 1988 and his hearing before the TRC? (from Chapter Ten, We Did Not Know)

He suffered a stroke.
He killed a man.
He was diagnosed with cancer.
He was shot.
18)

What does Tutu say God feels for his creation? (from Chapter Seven, We Do Want To Forgive, But We Don't Know Whom To Forgive)

Loss.
Pity.
Pride.
Anger.
19)

What does Tutu say perpetrators must acknowledge? (from Chapter Eleven, Without Forgiveness There Really Is No Future)

Blacks are superior.
The truth of their sins.
They were wrong.
Whites are barbarians.
20)

What type of staff does Tutu say were forced to put atrocities into their own words? (from Postscript)

Judges.
Interpreters.
Witnesses.
Transcribers.
21)

Tutu described the struggle for racial equality as being a ______________. (from Chapter Six, A Victim Hearing)

Struggle between good and bad.
Struggle between past and future.
Struggle between right and wrong.
Religious struggle.
22)

What did Tutu do while Winnie Mandela was in exile? (from Chapter Eight, This Is My Brother, I Know These Shoes)

He took her communion.
He transmitted her correspondence.
He allowed her to move abroad.
He hid her location.
23)

When did the TRC hold its first hearing? (from Chapter Six, A Victim Hearing)

May, 1996.
April, 1997.
April, 1996.
April, 1998.
24)

What did the Dutch Reformed Church do for the apartheid government prior to 1994? (from Chapter Eight, This Is My Brother, I Know These Shoes)

Hid black fugitives.
Denounced confession for whites.
Provided a theological rationale for apartheid.
Provided interrogation rooms.
25)

What were the victims asked to do on behalf of freedom from the past according to Tutu? (from Chapter Four, What About Justice?)

Pay a high price.
Write an apology note.
Meet their victim.
Lose their family.
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