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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what TRC hearing did Winnie Mandela come to, according to Tutu?
(a) The one helf for her.
(b) The one held for her brother.
(c) The one held for the policeman who tried to kill her.
(d) The one held for her bodyguards.

2. What does Tutu say his cancer helped him identify with?
(a) The sinners of the world.
(b) Victims of poor medical care.
(c) Victims of apartheid.
(d) Drug addicts.

3. 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 fell asleep.
(c) He cried in public.
(d) He drank alcohol.

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

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

6. 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.

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

8. Why does Tutu say many accepted the apartheid system?
(a) It was good for tourism.
(b) It was profitable.
(c) It was comfortable and familiar.
(d) It was practical.

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

10. What were TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to have?
(a) Guns.
(b) Neutral clothes.
(c) Bodyguards.
(d) A support system.

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

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

13. What does Tutu say perpetrators must acknowledge?
(a) Whites are barbarians.
(b) The truth of their sins.
(c) They were wrong.
(d) Blacks are superior.

14. In what year did Tutu find out about having cancer?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1995.

15. What did Winnie Mandela's bodyguard plead guilty to?
(a) Intimidation.
(b) Murder.
(c) Kidnapping and murder.
(d) Torture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tutu think his cancer represented?

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

3. What does Tutu state about the commissioners at the beginning of the TRC mandate?

4. How many people died due to Apartheid terrorism?

5. What does Tutu state happened to many of the TRC staff?

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