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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. Tutu described the struggle for racial equality as being a ______________.
(a) Religious struggle.
(b) Struggle between right and wrong.
(c) Struggle between good and bad.
(d) Struggle between past and future.

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

3. What does Tutu say the trials under Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act ensured?
(a) Knowledge of the law.
(b) Public humiliation.
(c) The public would know who to get revenge against.
(d) Christians would not be found guilty.

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

5. How many ministers were on the TRC board the first year?
(a) Five ministers.
(b) Three ministers.
(c) Nine ministers.
(d) Four ministers.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was dehumanization reciprocal according to Tutu in "Chapter Three, In the Fullness of Time"?

2. How many "severe violations" does the TRC categorize as "gross" violations of human rights?

3. What does Tutu assert sometimes happened to those pleading guilty under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act?

4. What formed a bridge between the oppressive past of South Africa and his free future?

5. How does Tutu explain why there was no bloodshed during the end of Apartheid?

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