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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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. Tutu stated the South African regime was _____________.
(a) Autocratic.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Bureaucratic.
(d) Pigmentocratic.

4. Tutu was challenged by the media because _______________.
(a) The commission had a Christian emphasis.
(b) He collaborated wtih the white government.
(c) He was too old.
(d) He was a friend of Mandela.

5. What was the TRC according to Tutu in "Chapter Four, What About Justice"?
(a) Truth and Revenge Commission.
(b) Truth about Race Crimes.
(c) Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
(d) Truth and Race Commission.

6. According to Tutu, the ANC was not merely ______________.
(a) A communist party.
(b) Mandela's movement.
(c) A capitalist opposer.
(d) A black movement.

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

8. What does Tutu state was forcibly segregated?
(a) The black part of Cape Town.
(b) Johannesburg.
(c) The cosmopolitan part of Cape Town.
(d) East London.

9. 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.

10. What does Tutu say of the politicians who crafted the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act?
(a) They were white.
(b) They were saints.
(c) They were self interested.
(d) They were going too fast.

11. What does Tutu say was in one's self interest?
(a) To forget.
(b) To kill the oppressors.
(c) To leave the country.
(d) To forgive.

12. When was the new president of South Africa inaugurated?
(a) June 10, 1994.
(b) May 10, 1995.
(c) May 19, 1994.
(d) May 10, 1994.

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

14. What does Tutu say was not required in order to plead guilty under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act?
(a) To be a white Christian.
(b) Remorse.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Knowing others who committed crimes.

15. Where did Tutu decide to vote for the first election open to black people?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) A ghetto township.
(c) East London.
(d) Cape Town.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many goals did Tutu set for himself after his ordination in 1986?

3. Tutu states freedom would be exchanged for _____________.

4. Tutu said the TRC spoke for ______________.

5. Tutu alerted the Anglican Communion of ______________.

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