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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, We Did Not Know.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened on August, 1988?
(a) Adriaan Vlok was elected in office.
(b) A bomb exploded in the Khotso House.
(c) Soweto was bulldozed.
(d) Mandela was jailed.

2. What does Tutu think would have happened if the prime minister had not rescinded the ban of reform organizations?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A victory for the white parties.
(c) A bloodbath.
(d) A large turn out of voters.

3. What did Tutu wonder at the start of "Chapter Seven, We Do Want To Forgive, But We Don't Know Whom To Forgive"?
(a) How he can still believe in God.
(b) How God views humanity.
(c) Why man continued to sin.
(d) Why he accepted his commission.

4. Tutu was challenged by the media because _______________.
(a) He was a friend of Mandela.
(b) He was too old.
(c) He collaborated wtih the white government.
(d) The commission had a Christian emphasis.

5. What does Tutu say he understood despite not being able to exonerate Winnie Mandela?
(a) She was a patriotic woman.
(b) Anyone could be a monster.
(c) Women could be bad too.
(d) Anyone could buckle under pressure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did many apartheid supporters say they saw anti-apartheid movements as being during their TRC hearing?

2. Who asked Tutu to head the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

3. At what TRC hearing did Winnie Mandela come to, according to Tutu?

4. What did many people see the TRC doing?

5. What was the date of the first apartheid legislation in South Africa?

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