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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to take?
(a) A second loan on their car.
(b) The TRC seriously.
(c) Breaks during the day.
(d) Vacations.

2. How many volumes did the TRC commission issue on Winnie Mandela?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

3. What did Tutu preach in Rwanda?
(a) The use of Christian justice.
(b) The use of punitive justice.
(c) The use of mob justice.
(d) The use of restorative justice.

4. What was forgiveness NOT according to Tutu?
(a) Passing judgement.
(b) Not punishing the guilty.
(c) Forgetting the crime.
(d) Forgiving the victim.

5. According to Tutu, what had helped him manage the fallout of the TRC problems?
(a) A good media director.
(b) God.
(c) Self confidence.
(d) Control over the media.

6. What did Tutu wonder he should have done according to "Chapter Nine, Why The Heck Am I Doing This Thankless Job"?
(a) Have his head examined.
(b) Resign his commission.
(c) Run for president.
(d) Retire.

7. What did Tutu wonder at the start of "Chapter Seven, We Do Want To Forgive, But We Don't Know Whom To Forgive"?
(a) Why he accepted his commission.
(b) How he can still believe in God.
(c) Why man continued to sin.
(d) How God views humanity.

8. Who blamed Botha and his entourage for everything that went wrong at the end of the apartheid regime?
(a) The State Senate.
(b) The Security Group.
(c) The South Africa Army.
(d) The State Security Council.

9. What made Botha pathetic during his hearing at the TRC?
(a) His stubbornness and anger.
(b) His crying.
(c) The number of lawyers he brought.
(d) His physical appearance.

10. When did Tutu visit Rwanda?
(a) In the mid-70's.
(b) In the mid-60's.
(c) In the mid-80's.
(d) In the mid-90's.

11. Who was Mandela's wife?
(a) Martha Mandela.
(b) Susan Mandela.
(c) Winnie Mandela.
(d) Nelly Mandela.

12. Tutu believed the TRC saved South Africa from ______________.
(a) Black domination.
(b) The brink of disaster.
(c) Invasion.
(d) White domination.

13. What did Tutu criticize in Israel?
(a) Its war against Libya.
(b) Israel treatment of Palestinians.
(c) Its bombing of Iran.
(d) Israel's treatment of women.

14. In what capacity did Tutu visit Rwanda?
(a) As president of South Africa.
(b) As a private citizen.
(c) As president of the All Africa Council of Churches.
(d) As head of the TRC.

15. What reason does Tutu give for people in Rwanda listening to him?
(a) His work in South Africa gave him credibility.
(b) He was black.
(c) He was a clergyman.
(d) He had the backing of the South Africa Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened in Israel in the late 90's according to Tutu?

2. What does Tutu maintain oppressors can do to their victims?

3. Why was the racist government of South Africa supported by Britain and the United States ?

4. What did the Dutch Reformed Church do for the apartheid government prior to 1994?

5. What does Tutu believe about the white Afrikaner minority in "Chapter Ten, We Did Not Know"?

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