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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were many of the black leaders educated according to Tutu?
(a) Abroad.
(b) In prison.
(c) In white schools.
(d) In Christian churches.

2. What was Tutu preparing for when he was asked to be the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, according to "Chapter Five, Up and Running"?
(a) A trip to Japan.
(b) A sabbatical.
(c) Vacation.
(d) Retirement.

3. What South African town exploded in violence in 1996?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) East London.
(c) Soweto.
(d) Cape Town.

4. What post did the "high priest" of South Africa segregation hold?
(a) Prime Minister.
(b) Cabinet of Race.
(c) President.
(d) Interior ministry.

5. Why does Tutu assert Mandela had enormous credibility?
(a) He was a good orator.
(b) He went to prison for his ideas.
(c) He was the oldest leader alive.
(d) He was not broken by his time in prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prize did Tutu win in 1984?

2. Who does Tutu state was the "high priest" of South Africa segregation?

3. What prime minister rescinded the ban of political organization like the ANC?

4. What does Tutu say impressed many observers and the South African people?

5. What was put in place after the presidential election of 1994?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was a young woman who dated a policeman devastated?

2. Why did Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd come under attack?

3. What did some revolutionary splinter groups focus on according to Tutu?

4. What did Tutu marvel at?

5. What realization dawned on the citizens according to Tutu?

6. Why was April 27, 1994 significant according to "Chapter One, The Prelude"?

7. Where was the TRC's center and why was it at this location?

8. Why was red-baiting no longer effective?

9. What were Tutu's three primary goals as Tutu received his tenure as archbishop?

10. What was still in force when Desmond Tutu became Archbishop in 1986?

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