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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, What About Justice?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what conditions were the trials under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act held?
(a) Outside the country.
(b) Closed to the public.
(c) On television.
(d) Open to the public.

2. Tutu said the TRC spoke for ______________.
(a) Black people.
(b) The oppressors.
(c) White people.
(d) The victims.

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

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

5. Who was the chief of the Inkatha Freedom Party in 1994?
(a) Robert de Verk.
(b) Desmond Tutu.
(c) Nelson Mandela.
(d) Mangosuthu Buthelezi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Tutu decide to vote for the first election open to black people?

2. What post did the "high priest" of South Africa segregation hold?

3. Who won the 1994 presidential election?

4. Why were the unarmed schoolchildren shot and killed during the Soweto violence in 1976?

5. How old was Nelson Mandela in 1994?

(see the answer key)

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