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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the TRC's neutrality questioned at the start of its mandate?
(a) The TRC was all black.
(b) Mandela refused to testify.
(c) Many staff were white.
(d) The judges had no experience.

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

3. Who followed the TRC workers and commissioners, according to the "Postscript"?
(a) Fans.
(b) Bodyguards.
(c) Mental health staff.
(d) Stalkers.

4. What does Tutu say God feels for his creation?
(a) Anger.
(b) Pity.
(c) Loss.
(d) Pride.

5. Tutu expressed that no one can be ______________and be alone.
(a) Honest.
(b) Repentant.
(c) Human.
(d) Guilty.

6. What does Tutu say many people do not want to expose?
(a) Their true beliefs.
(b) Their vulnerabilities.
(c) Their thoughts.
(d) Their families.

7. What type of cancer did Tutu find out he had while on the TRC?
(a) Lung.
(b) Brain.
(c) Liver.
(d) Prostate.

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

9. 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.

10. How many people died due to Apartheid terrorism?
(a) 3.5 millions.
(b) 0.5 million.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) 1.25 million.

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

12. How was Tutu's message of peace perceived by Israel?
(a) It was popular.
(b) It was banned.
(c) It was unpopular.
(d) It was taught in schools.

13. What did Adriaan Vlok admit at his TRC hearing?
(a) To having plotted against Mandela.
(b) To having killed a black aide.
(c) To having been an undercover ANC agent.
(d) To having an order to bomb the Khotso House.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did many apartheid supporters say they saw anti-apartheid movements as being during their TRC hearing?

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

3. What does Tutu say the rebels did during apartheid?

4. What were TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to take?

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

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