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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 does Tutu assert Mandela had enormous credibility?
(a) He was a good orator.
(b) He was not broken by his time in prison.
(c) He was the oldest leader alive.
(d) He went to prison for his ideas.

2. When was the ANC created?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1952.

3. What does Tutu state about the commissioners at the beginning of the TRC mandate?
(a) They were honest.
(b) They were white.
(c) They acted like prima donnas.
(d) They were hard working.

4. What was the date of the first apartheid legislation in South Africa?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1943.

5. What political event does Tutu speculate could have helped prevent bloodshed?
(a) The rise of Mandela.
(b) The rise of capitalism.
(c) The fall of communism.
(d) The disbanding of the ANC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prime minister rescinded the ban of political organization like the ANC?

2. What was the goal of the TRC according to Tutu?

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

4. How many volumes did the TRC commission issue on Winnie Mandela?

5. What does Tutu say impressed many observers and the South African people?

(see the answer key)

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