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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 does Tutu express he and the TRC had to constantly emphasize?
(a) They were not conducting a witch hunt.
(b) Blacks were honest.
(c) They were only prosecuting whites.
(d) They were racially blind.

2. What did those pleading guilty under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act get?
(a) Full amnesty.
(b) A deferred sentence.
(c) Money.
(d) A fine.

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

4. What does the prime minister convince the white population it was in their best interest to do?
(a) Take over the army.
(b) Leave the country.
(c) Give away their money.
(d) Reconcile.

5. When did the women become eligible for ordination in South Africa?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1999.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tutu assert Mandela had enormous credibility?

2. What type of crimes were covered by the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act ?

3. What were the victims asked to do on behalf of freedom from the past according to Tutu?

4. Where did Tutu decide to vote for the first election open to black people?

5. Why were the unarmed schoolchildren shot and killed during the Soweto violence in 1976?

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