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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 did the black government choose not to do after the end of South Africa's segregation?
(a) Not to kill all white people.
(b) Rescind racist laws.
(c) Create Nuremberg like trials.
(d) Let the white people leave the country.

2. What did many people see the TRC doing?
(a) Asking the victim to leave the country.
(b) Asking the guilty to denounce others.
(c) Asking the victim to forget.
(d) Asking the victim to give up the pursuit of retribution.

3. Why were the unarmed schoolchildren shot and killed during the Soweto violence in 1976?
(a) For looting.
(b) For not saluting the flag.
(c) For protesting.
(d) For going to school.

4. Where was the first TRC meeting held?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) Bishopcourt.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) East London.

5. What does Tutu think would have happened if the prime minister had not rescinded the ban of reform organizations?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A large turn out of voters.
(c) A bloodbath.
(d) A victory for the white parties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tutu state no one admitted defending after its end according to "Chapter Two, Nuremberg or National Amnesia? A Third Way"?

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

3. What did December 16th become after 1994?

4. What court was Judge Mohamed assigned to, according to Tutu?

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

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