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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Tutu assert many people did at the TRC?
(a) Avoided answering questions.
(b) Revealed their vulnerability in public.
(c) Admitted to murder.
(d) Cried.

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

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

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

9. What did Tutu's cancer help him do?
(a) See a white doctor.
(b) See living as a good thing.
(c) Be more realistic about man.
(d) Become more laid back.

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

11. 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 home.
(c) Went to work.
(d) Went to a barbecue.

12. What does Tutu state happened to many of the TRC staff?
(a) They were fired.
(b) They were killed.
(c) They killed themselves.
(d) They were shattered.

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

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

15. What type of staff does Tutu say were forced to put atrocities into their own words?
(a) Transcribers.
(b) Judges.
(c) Witnesses.
(d) Interpreters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Tutu fight to prevent the TRC from giving a special hearing to the ANC?

3. How many people died due to Apartheid terrorism?

4. Where was Mandela's wife while he was in prison?

5. What did Adriaan Vlok admit at his TRC hearing?

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