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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine, Why The Heck Am I Doing This Thankless Job?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the TRC's neutrality questioned at the start of its mandate?
(a) The judges had no experience.
(b) Mandela refused to testify.
(c) Many staff were white.
(d) The TRC was all black.

2. How many people sent their statement that they wanted recorded?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 40,000.

3. Tutu expressed that no one can be ______________and be alone.
(a) Honest.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Repentant.
(d) Human.

4. Tutu stated the South African regime was _____________.
(a) Pigmentocratic.
(b) Autocratic.
(c) Bureaucratic.
(d) Democratic.

5. What formed a bridge between the oppressive past of South Africa and his free future?
(a) The blood of the oppressors.
(b) The constitution.
(c) The guilty verdict against the ex-president.
(d) Nelson Mandela.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the ANC created?

3. What political event does Tutu speculate could have helped prevent bloodshed?

4. What does Tutu say of the whites that came forward to the TRC?

5. What did Tutu have to do before becoming the Dean of Johannesburg?

(see the answer key)

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