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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 Good White Family Board.
(c) The Race Classification Board.
(d) The Black Board.

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

3. Who was the chief of the Inkatha Freedom Party in 1994?
(a) Nelson Mandela.
(b) Robert de Verk.
(c) Desmond Tutu.
(d) Mangosuthu Buthelezi.

4. What was the date of the first apartheid legislation in South Africa?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1945.

5. When did the women become eligible for ordination in South Africa?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1992.

6. What does Tutu assert sometimes happened to those pleading guilty under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act?
(a) They lost their job.
(b) The were hunted down and killed.
(c) Their marriage ended.
(d) They fled the country.

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

8. What did Tutu grow to accept as a child?
(a) Apartheid.
(b) His race.
(c) His faith.
(d) His father was white.

9. How many goals did Tutu set for himself after his ordination in 1986?
(a) Nine goals.
(b) Four goals.
(c) Three goals.
(d) Two goals.

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

11. What political event does Tutu speculate could have helped prevent bloodshed?
(a) The disbanding of the ANC.
(b) The rise of capitalism.
(c) The rise of Mandela.
(d) The fall of communism.

12. What does Tutu say happened on the first day of the TRC hearings?
(a) A black woman died.
(b) A bomb scare.
(c) A judge fainted.
(d) White men cried.

13. How many ministers were on the TRC board the first year?
(a) Four ministers.
(b) Nine ministers.
(c) Three ministers.
(d) Five ministers.

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

15. Tutu alerted the Anglican Communion of ______________.
(a) A need for prayer.
(b) Whites not communing.
(c) Non believers in the TRC.
(d) Racist preachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Tutu stay at the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

2. What period did the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act apply to?

3. How many judges did Mandela have to nominate for the TRC?

4. What was the TRC in charge of providing according to "Chapter Six, A Victim Hearing"?

5. What did Tutu first suggest that TRC members do before abandoning the idea in face of protests?

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