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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What board was in charge of reassigning members of the same family based on their color according to Tutu?
(a) The Family Racial Board.
(b) The Race Classification Board.
(c) The Black Board.
(d) The Good White Family Board.

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

3. Why were the unarmed schoolchildren shot and killed during the Soweto violence in 1976?
(a) For protesting.
(b) For not saluting the flag.
(c) For going to school.
(d) For looting.

4. What was Tutu preparing for when he was asked to be the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, according to "Chapter Five, Up and Running"?
(a) Retirement.
(b) A sabbatical.
(c) Vacation.
(d) A trip to Japan.

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

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

7. What does Tutu say many people thought of the TRC?
(a) They saw it as immoral.
(b) They liked it.
(c) They saw it as useless.
(d) They ignored it.

8. What was December 16th designated as prior to 1994?
(a) Dingaan's Day.
(b) Racist day.
(c) Racial equality day.
(d) Apartheid day.

9. Why does Tutu assert Mandela had enormous credibility?
(a) He was the oldest leader alive.
(b) He was a good orator.
(c) He was not broken by his time in prison.
(d) He went to prison for his ideas.

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

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

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

13. What could Apartheid supporters not plead according to Tutu?
(a) Quilty.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Innocent.
(d) No contest.

14. Who asked Tutu to head the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
(a) The United Nations.
(b) Tutu volunteered.
(c) Mandela.
(d) The President of the United States.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tutu say happened on the first day of the TRC hearings?

3. The 1994 presidential election in South Africa was certified as being _______________.

4. Tutu said the TRC spoke for ______________.

5. What church is Desmond Tutu a part of?

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