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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. Why was the TRC not popular in some parts according to Tutu?
(a) People saw it as a waste of money.
(b) People didn't want to part with their slaves.
(c) People didn't want their past revealed.
(d) People wanted revenge.

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

3. How many black people were removed from their homes by the racist regime of South Africa?
(a) 3.9 million.
(b) 3.5 million.
(c) 4.5 million.
(d) 2.5 million.

4. Tutu said the TRC spoke for ______________.
(a) The oppressors.
(b) The victims.
(c) Black people.
(d) White people.

5. Who composed the ANC as of 1994?
(a) Two ethnic groups.
(b) One black and one white party.
(c) A large coalition of political groups.
(d) One thousand people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many amnesty applications did the TRC have at the time of its first meeting, according to Tutu?

2. How did Tutu find the work at the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

3. What did those pleading guilty under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act get?

4. When was the new president of South Africa inaugurated?

5. What did the Dutch Reformed Church do for the apartheid government prior to 1994?

(see the answer key)

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