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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 say of the politicians who crafted the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act?
(a) They were going too fast.
(b) They were self interested.
(c) They were saints.
(d) They were white.

2. 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.

3. How does Tutu explain why there was no bloodshed during the end of Apartheid?
(a) The whites fled the country.
(b) The blacks had no weapons.
(c) It was the right time.
(d) The army was deployed everywhere.

4. Who asked Tutu to head the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
(a) Mandela.
(b) Tutu volunteered.
(c) The President of the United States.
(d) The United Nations.

5. What did Tutu marvel at in "Chapter Five, Up and Running"?
(a) The level of forgiveness of the victims.
(b) The strength of his will.
(c) The courage of the whites that came before the commission.
(d) The number of cases.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the ANC created?

2. What did Tutu first suggest that TRC members do before abandoning the idea in face of protests?

3. What prize did Tutu win in 1984?

4. What does Tutu say was in one's self interest?

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

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