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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six, A Victim Hearing.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was the new government still vulnerable according to Tutu?
(a) Security forces were still white only.
(b) There was no support for democracy.
(c) The army was the real power holder.
(d) Political rivalry within the ANC.

3. What does Tutu state the ANC was not exempt of in 1994?
(a) Leader struggle.
(b) White members.
(c) Splinter groups focused on revenge.
(d) Taxes.

4. When was the new president of South Africa inaugurated?
(a) May 10, 1994.
(b) June 10, 1994.
(c) May 19, 1994.
(d) May 10, 1995.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who composed the ANC as of 1994?

2. What does Tutu say was the main weakness of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act bill?

3. What church is Desmond Tutu a part of?

4. What did the black government choose not to do after the end of South Africa's segregation?

5. When did the TRC hold its first hearing?

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