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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did those pleading guilty under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act get?
(a) Money.
(b) Full amnesty.
(c) A deferred sentence.
(d) A fine.

2. What did December 16th become after 1994?
(a) Day of Reconciliation.
(b) Day of Reckoning.
(c) Day of Vengeance.
(d) Day of Remembrance.

3. 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 run over.
(b) They were killed.
(c) They were ignored.
(d) They were helped.

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

5. How did Tutu find the work at the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
(a) Boring.
(b) Rewarding.
(c) Difficult and exhilarating.
(d) Unfullfiling.

6. What period did the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act apply to?
(a) 1960 to 1994.
(b) 1950 to 1994.
(c) 1960 to 1996.
(d) 1965 to 1994.

7. Tutu described the struggle for racial equality as being a ______________.
(a) Struggle between good and bad.
(b) Struggle between past and future.
(c) Struggle between right and wrong.
(d) Religious struggle.

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

9. Tutu said that he didn't seek a permit for ______________.
(a) Taking a wife.
(b) Driving.
(c) Travelling to Oslo.
(d) Staying in his diocese.

10. Where did the former segregationists live in 1994 according to Tutu?
(a) Still in South Africa.
(b) In Mozambique.
(c) In South America.
(d) In Europe.

11. What was put in place after the presidential election of 1994?
(a) A new army.
(b) A new parliament.
(c) A new constitution.
(d) A new elite guard.

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

13. How many people died during the Sharpeville Massacre?
(a) 59 people.
(b) 76 people.
(c) 69 people.
(d) 25 people.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What board was in charge of reassigning members of the same family based on their color according to Tutu?

2. What does Tutu say of the whites that came forward to the TRC?

3. When was the ANC created?

4. Tutu said the TRC spoke for ______________.

5. Tutu stated the South African regime was _____________.

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