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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, We Did Not Know.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tutu believed the TRC saved South Africa from ______________.
(a) Invasion.
(b) White domination.
(c) The brink of disaster.
(d) Black domination.

2. What happened during a hearing that made the media wonder if Tutu was the right man to head the TRC?
(a) He cried in public.
(b) He fell asleep.
(c) He drank alcohol.
(d) He left abruptly.

3. What prize did Tutu win in 1984?
(a) Distinguished Service Prize.
(b) Global Peace Prize.
(c) International Peace Prize.
(d) Nobel Peace Prize.

4. What does Tutu believe about the white Afrikaner minority in "Chapter Ten, We Did Not Know"?
(a) They were traitors.
(b) They were powerless.
(c) They were castaways.
(d) They could have ended apartheid.

5. Why was the TRC not popular in some parts according to Tutu?
(a) People didn't want their past revealed.
(b) People saw it as a waste of money.
(c) People didn't want to part with their slaves.
(d) People wanted revenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what conditions were the trials under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act held?

2. Tutu was challenged by the media because _______________.

3. What does Tutu say Mandela's wife benefited from between 1992 and 1996?

4. What did the man in one of the TRC cases do after smelling the burning corpse of a murdered victim?

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

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