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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight, This Is My Brother, I Know These Shoes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did December 16th become after 1994?
(a) Day of Reckoning.
(b) Day of Remembrance.
(c) Day of Vengeance.
(d) Day of Reconciliation.

2. How many "severe violations" does the TRC categorize as "gross" violations of human rights?
(a) Eight.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. What did Tutu have to do before becoming the Dean of Johannesburg?
(a) Receive an endorsement from the white population.
(b) Register as a black person.
(c) Pledge to the government.
(d) Renounce terrorism.

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

5. When did Nelson and his wife divorce?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1998.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Tutu, the ANC was not merely ______________.

2. Tutu was challenged by the media because _______________.

3. What does Tutu say some black South Africans were forced to do in order to keep their family safe?

4. What was Tutu's rank in the Church?

5. How long did Tutu stay at the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

(see the answer key)

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