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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did people with ties to the segregationist regime get for their confession?
(a) The right to leave the country
(b) Their lives spared.
(c) A light sentence.
(d) Amnesty.

3. When did the TRC hold its first hearing?
(a) May, 1996.
(b) April, 1998.
(c) April, 1996.
(d) April, 1997.

4. What does Tutu say Mandela thought the reconciliation had to be?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Quick.
(c) Headed by black people.
(d) Headed by white people.

5. What does the prime minister convince the white population it was in their best interest to do?
(a) Reconcile.
(b) Take over the army.
(c) Give away their money.
(d) Leave the country.

6. What does Tutu say was the main weakness of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act bill?
(a) It couldn't impose fines.
(b) It only targeted whites.
(c) The judges were all black.
(d) Forgiveness was granted immediately.

7. According to Tutu, voting in South Africa was _______________.
(a) A burden.
(b) A spiritual experience.
(c) A difficult thing.
(d) A dangerous thing.

8. What did Tutu marvel at in "Chapter Five, Up and Running"?
(a) The number of cases.
(b) The courage of the whites that came before the commission.
(c) The level of forgiveness of the victims.
(d) The strength of his will.

9. What part of the New Testament does Tutu say the supporters of Apartheid chose to ignore?
(a) The believers' pledge to attend church.
(b) The diversity of human beings.
(c) The endorsement of the infinite worth of human beings.
(d) The commandment about killing one another.

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

11. What does Tutu say happened to black people injured on the side of the road when an ambulance for whites arrived in the story he recounted?
(a) They were killed.
(b) They were helped.
(c) They were ignored.
(d) They were run over.

12. What does Tutu say impressed many observers and the South African people?
(a) Mandela's resilience to torture.
(b) Mandela's writing skills.
(c) Mandela's willpower.
(d) Mandela's dignity.

13. What does Tutu say the trials under Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act ensured?
(a) Christians would not be found guilty.
(b) The public would know who to get revenge against.
(c) Public humiliation.
(d) Knowledge of the law.

14. What prime minister rescinded the ban of political organization like the ANC?
(a) F.W deKlerk.
(b) Tutu.
(c) Mandela.
(d) Botha.

15. What did Tutu first suggest that TRC members do before abandoning the idea in face of protests?
(a) Resign their party affiliations.
(b) Pray.
(c) Appear before the TRC.
(d) Swear on the Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tutu described the struggle for racial equality as being a ______________.

2. What was put in place after the presidential election of 1994?

3. Who was the chief of the Inkatha Freedom Party in 1994?

4. What does Tutu express he and the TRC had to constantly emphasize?

5. What did many people see the TRC doing?

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