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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. What foreign leader's extradition did Tutu say he supported?
(a) Pinochet.
(b) Chirac.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) Fuji.

2. What does Tutu say impressed many observers and the South African people?
(a) Mandela's dignity.
(b) Mandela's resilience to torture.
(c) Mandela's willpower.
(d) Mandela's writing skills.

3. What does Tutu say was the main weakness of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act bill?
(a) Forgiveness was granted immediately.
(b) The judges were all black.
(c) It couldn't impose fines.
(d) It only targeted whites.

4. Where was the first TRC meeting held?
(a) Cape Town.
(b) East London.
(c) Bishopcourt.
(d) Johannesburg.

5. What was Tutu's rank in the Church?
(a) Archbishop.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Monk.
(d) Pastor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the location of the first TRC meeting used prior to 1994?

2. What does Tutu assert sometimes happened to those pleading guilty under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act?

3. Why was the TRC not popular in some parts according to Tutu?

4. What did many people see the TRC doing?

5. When did the worst part of South African Apartheid start?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the TRC have to focus on? How was it defined?

3. What was significant about May 10?

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

5. What did the South African people have to figure out according to Tutu?

6. Why does Tutu say the South Africans stood tall?

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

8. What despotic ruler wanted blanket amnesty?

9. Why couldn't Tutu support blanket amnesty?

10. Why was red-baiting no longer effective?

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