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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. How many judges did Mandela have to nominate for the TRC?
(a) 12 judges.
(b) 19 judges.
(c) 15 judges.
(d) 18 judges.

2. The 1994 presidential election in South Africa was certified as being _______________.
(a) Unfair.
(b) Rigged.
(c) Fair and free.
(d) Outdated.

3. What was the goal of the TRC according to Tutu?
(a) To punish the guilty.
(b) To give blacks a target.
(c) To make the victims feel like children of God again.
(d) To humiliate whites.

4. What does Tutu believe about the white Afrikaner minority in "Chapter Ten, We Did Not Know"?
(a) They could have ended apartheid.
(b) They were castaways.
(c) They were powerless.
(d) They were traitors.

5. When was dehumanization reciprocal according to Tutu in "Chapter Three, In the Fullness of Time"?
(a) When victims could have vengeance.
(b) When oppressors go free.
(c) When victims were dead.
(d) When the oppressors were hurt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who many elephants and rhinos died due to apartheid terrorism?

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

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

4. What did Tutu marvel at in "Chapter Five, Up and Running"?

5. What other approach, beside trials, does Tutu believe was not the right one either?

(see the answer key)

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