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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Tutu, what would forgetting the past do to the segregation victims?
(a) Victimize them twice.
(b) Make them disappear.
(c) Make them turn to violence.
(d) Kill them.

2. What does Tutu say of the whites that came forward to the TRC?
(a) They were remarkable.
(b) They were coerced.
(c) They were scared.
(d) They were cowards.

3. Who won the 1994 presidential election?
(a) Robert Butha.
(b) Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
(c) Demond Tutu.
(d) Nelson Mandela.

4. Where did Tutu decide to vote for the first election open to black people?
(a) East London.
(b) A ghetto township.
(c) Johannesburg.
(d) Cape Town.

5. Why was the new government still vulnerable according to Tutu?
(a) There was no support for democracy.
(b) Security forces were still white only.
(c) Political rivalry within the ANC.
(d) The army was the real power holder.

6. What does Tutu say was in one's self interest?
(a) To forgive.
(b) To kill the oppressors.
(c) To forget.
(d) To leave the country.

7. What prize did Tutu win in 1984?
(a) Distinguished Service Prize.
(b) International Peace Prize.
(c) Nobel Peace Prize.
(d) Global Peace Prize.

8. What did many people see the TRC doing?
(a) Asking the guilty to denounce others.
(b) Asking the victim to leave the country.
(c) Asking the victim to give up the pursuit of retribution.
(d) Asking the victim to forget.

9. What does Tutu express about Mandela even when he was in prison?
(a) He was forgotten.
(b) He was silenced.
(c) He was controling the ANC.
(d) He was a dramatic force.

10. What does Tutu express he and the TRC had to constantly emphasize?
(a) They were only prosecuting whites.
(b) They were racially blind.
(c) Blacks were honest.
(d) They were not conducting a witch hunt.

11. Where was the first TRC meeting held?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) Bishopcourt.
(c) East London.
(d) Cape Town.

12. What other approach, beside trials, does Tutu believe was not the right one either?
(a) Blanket amnesty.
(b) Banishment.
(c) Ex-communication.
(d) Death squads.

13. According to Tutu, the ANC was not merely ______________.
(a) Mandela's movement.
(b) A black movement.
(c) A communist party.
(d) A capitalist opposer.

14. Who participated in a special unit task force in Tutu's story?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A school teacher.
(c) A housewife.
(d) A lawyer.

15. What were the victims asked to do on behalf of freedom from the past according to Tutu?
(a) Pay a high price.
(b) Lose their family.
(c) Write an apology note.
(d) Meet their victim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what conditions were the trials under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act held?

2. What does Tutu say the trials under Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act ensured?

3. What does Tutu state was forcibly segregated?

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

5. What part of the New Testament does Tutu say the supporters of Apartheid chose to ignore?

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