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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 formed a bridge between the oppressive past of South Africa and his free future?
(a) The blood of the oppressors.
(b) The constitution.
(c) The guilty verdict against the ex-president.
(d) Nelson Mandela.

2. Who won the 1994 presidential election?
(a) Nelson Mandela.
(b) Robert Butha.
(c) Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
(d) Demond Tutu.

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

4. How long did Tutu stay at the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Five years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the former segregationists live in 1994 according to Tutu?

2. Who asked Tutu to head the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

3. What did people fear would happen on the day of the first election that allowed black people to vote?

4. What does Tutu state the ANC was not exempt of in 1994?

5. What was put in place after the presidential election of 1994?

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