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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why do some ANC members have to go before the TRC commission?
(a) To testify against Winnie Mandela.
(b) Because of bombings by the ANC.
(c) To justify the killing of white school children.
(d) To testify against prison guards.
2. What does Tutu maintain oppressors can do to their victims?
(a) Torture them.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Make them doubt they are children of God.
(d) Make them feel worthless.
3. What reason does Tutu give for people in Rwanda listening to him?
(a) His work in South Africa gave him credibility.
(b) He had the backing of the South Africa Army.
(c) He was a clergyman.
(d) He was black.
4. When did Tutu visit Rwanda?
(a) In the mid-90's.
(b) In the mid-80's.
(c) In the mid-70's.
(d) In the mid-60's.
5. What did Tutu do while Winnie Mandela was in exile?
(a) He took her communion.
(b) He hid her location.
(c) He allowed her to move abroad.
(d) He transmitted her correspondence.
6. What did Tutu preach in Rwanda?
(a) The use of punitive justice.
(b) The use of Christian justice.
(c) The use of mob justice.
(d) The use of restorative justice.
7. In what year did Tutu find out about having cancer?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1998.
8. 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) Blacks and whites were put on the stand.
(c) It didn't condemn anyone.
(d) The judges were black and white.
9. What happened during a hearing that made the media wonder if Tutu was the right man to head the TRC?
(a) He fell asleep.
(b) He cried in public.
(c) He left abruptly.
(d) He drank alcohol.
10. What did the Rwandan genocide teach Tutu?
(a) Genocide happens everywhere.
(b) Racism is not the only reason for genocide.
(c) Rwanda needed more clergy.
(d) Restorative justice is not good.
11. Why did Tutu meet Botha in 1988?
(a) To read with him.
(b) To try to kill him.
(c) To take his confession.
(d) To try to have him spare the life of six prisoners.
12. What does Tutu state about the commissioners at the beginning of the TRC mandate?
(a) They were hard working.
(b) They were white.
(c) They acted like prima donnas.
(d) They were honest.
13. When did Nelson and his wife divorce?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1998.
14. In what capacity did Tutu visit Rwanda?
(a) As head of the TRC.
(b) As president of South Africa.
(c) As president of the All Africa Council of Churches.
(d) As a private citizen.
15. What does Tutu say many people do not want to expose?
(a) Their families.
(b) Their true beliefs.
(c) Their thoughts.
(d) Their vulnerabilities.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why was the TRC's neutrality questioned at the start of its mandate?
2. Where was Mandela's wife while he was in prison?
3. Why did Tutu fight to prevent the TRC from giving a special hearing to the ANC?
4. What did Tutu wonder at the start of "Chapter Seven, We Do Want To Forgive, But We Don't Know Whom To Forgive"?
5. What did Winnie Mandela's bodyguard plead guilty to?
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