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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. How old was Nelson Mandela in 1994?
(a) 76 years old.
(b) 56 years old.
(c) 66 years old.
(d) 75 years old.

2. Tutu states freedom would be exchanged for _____________.
(a) A pound of flesh.
(b) Denouncing someone.
(c) Truth.
(d) Money.

3. What does Tutu state was forcibly segregated?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) The cosmopolitan part of Cape Town.
(c) East London.
(d) The black part of Cape Town.

4. How many people died during the Sharpeville Massacre?
(a) 59 people.
(b) 76 people.
(c) 25 people.
(d) 69 people.

5. What was the TRC in charge of providing according to "Chapter Six, A Victim Hearing"?
(a) A complete picture of human rights violations.
(b) The illusion of fairness.
(c) Power to black people.
(d) A scapegoat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Tutu decide to vote for the first election open to black people?

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 What prime minister rescinded the ban of political organization like the ANC?

3. What political ideologies did the ANC encompass according to Tutu?

4. What type of justice did South Africa use in the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act?

5. Why were the unarmed schoolchildren shot and killed during the Soweto violence in 1976?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nelson Mandela impress many?

3. What does Tutu argue when he reproduces a statement from Judge Mohamed?

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

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

6. What did Tutu argue about dehumanization according to "Chapter Three, In the Fullness of Time"?

7. Why was red-baiting no longer effective?

8. What did the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act specify?

9. What did all groups of the ANC agree to?

10. What would no one admit to according to "Chapter Two, Nuremberg or National Amnesia? A Third Way"?

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