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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, Up and Running.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tutu express about Mandela even when he was in prison?
(a) He was forgotten.
(b) He was controling the ANC.
(c) He was silenced.
(d) He was a dramatic force.

2. What does Tutu say many people thought of the TRC?
(a) They liked it.
(b) They saw it as immoral.
(c) They saw it as useless.
(d) They ignored it.

3. What post did the "high priest" of South Africa segregation hold?
(a) Cabinet of Race.
(b) Interior ministry.
(c) Prime Minister.
(d) President.

4. What does Tutu say impressed many observers and the South African people?
(a) Mandela's resilience to torture.
(b) Mandela's willpower.
(c) Mandela's dignity.
(d) Mandela's writing skills.

5. How did Tutu find the work at the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
(a) Rewarding.
(b) Difficult and exhilarating.
(c) Unfullfiling.
(d) Boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many amnesty applications did the TRC have at the time of its first meeting, according to Tutu?

2. What type of justice did South Africa use in the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act?

3. What does Tutu assert sometimes happened to those pleading guilty under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act?

4. What does Tutu say the trials under Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act ensured?

5. When was the ANC created?

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