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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of crimes were covered by the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act ?
(a) Politically motivated crimes.
(b) Murder.
(c) Theft.
(d) Bank fraud.

2. What does Tutu state the ANC was not exempt of in 1994?
(a) Leader struggle.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Splinter groups focused on revenge.
(d) White members.

3. What court was Judge Mohamed assigned to, according to Tutu?
(a) Juvenile court.
(b) The Supreme Court of South Africa.
(c) Criminal court.
(d) Constitutional court.

4. How many amnesty applications did the TRC have at the time of its first meeting, according to Tutu?
(a) 9,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 7,000.

5. What South African town exploded in violence in 1996?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) East London.
(c) Soweto.
(d) Cape Town.

6. When did the worst part of South African Apartheid start?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1969.

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

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

9. What church is Desmond Tutu a part of?
(a) Anglican.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Taoist.
(d) Buddhist.

10. How long did Tutu stay at the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
(a) Five years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Four years.

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

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

13. What did the black government choose not to do after the end of South Africa's segregation?
(a) Rescind racist laws.
(b) Create Nuremberg like trials.
(c) Let the white people leave the country.
(d) Not to kill all white people.

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

15. How old was Tutu in 1994?
(a) 62 years old.
(b) 43 years old.
(c) 95 years old.
(d) 52 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many black people were removed from their homes by the racist regime of South Africa?

2. What does Tutu assert sometimes happened to those pleading guilty under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act?

3. Where did Tutu decide to vote for the first election open to black people?

4. What formed a bridge between the oppressive past of South Africa and his free future?

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

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