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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the man in one of the TRC cases do after smelling the burning corpse of a murdered victim?
(a) Went to work.
(b) Went home.
(c) Went to church.
(d) Went to a barbecue.

3. Why did Tutu meet Botha in 1988?
(a) To try to have him spare the life of six prisoners.
(b) To try to kill him.
(c) To take his confession.
(d) To read with him.

4. What happened on August, 1988?
(a) Mandela was jailed.
(b) Soweto was bulldozed.
(c) Adriaan Vlok was elected in office.
(d) A bomb exploded in the Khotso House.

5. Whom does Tutu maintain could also commit terrible crimes?
(a) Youths.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Black.

6. Why was reconciliation in jeopardy in South Africa according to Tutu?
(a) Whites tried to take power.
(b) Blacks were creating laws against the whites.
(c) Nelson Mandela died.
(d) Massive wealth inequalities between white and blacks.

7. When did Nelson and his wife divorce?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1995.

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

9. What did Tutu believe tarnished the image of the TRC?
(a) Accepted false testimonies.
(b) Let white people go free.
(c) It leaked secrets.
(d) Condemned black people.

10. What does Tutu state cannot be found in South Africa today?
(a) Oil.
(b) White farmers.
(c) Black bankers.
(d) Supporters of apartheid.

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

12. What happened during a hearing that made the media wonder if Tutu was the right man to head the TRC?
(a) He left abruptly.
(b) He cried in public.
(c) He fell asleep.
(d) He drank alcohol.

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

14. What does Tutu say many people forgot about the TRC according to "Chapter Eight, This Is My Brother, I Know These Shoes"?
(a) It prevented bloodshed.
(b) It didn't condemn anyone.
(c) Blacks and whites were put on the stand.
(d) The judges were black and white.

15. What did the Rwandan genocide teach Tutu?
(a) Restorative justice is not good.
(b) Rwanda needed more clergy.
(c) Racism is not the only reason for genocide.
(d) Genocide happens everywhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tutu say many accepted the apartheid system?

2. What type of staff does Tutu say were forced to put atrocities into their own words?

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

4. How was the African Defense Force used prior to 1994?

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

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