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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 other approach, beside trials, does Tutu believe was not the right one either?
(a) Blanket amnesty.
(b) Banishment.
(c) Death squads.
(d) Ex-communication.

2. How many people sent their statement that they wanted recorded?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 30,000.

3. The 1994 presidential election in South Africa was certified as being _______________.
(a) Unfair.
(b) Rigged.
(c) Fair and free.
(d) Outdated.

4. According to Tutu, the ANC was not merely ______________.
(a) A capitalist opposer.
(b) A black movement.
(c) Mandela's movement.
(d) A communist party.

5. What does the prime minister convince the white population it was in their best interest to do?
(a) Take over the army.
(b) Reconcile.
(c) Give away their money.
(d) Leave the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tutu grow to accept as a child?

2. What type of justice do most people inherently think of?

3. Why was the TRC center in Eastern Cape?

4. What does Tutu state was forcibly segregated?

5. What prize did Tutu win in 1984?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did TRC have to constantly emphasize?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What despotic ruler wanted blanket amnesty?

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

9. What happened on the first day of TRC hearings?

10. Why was December 15 significant ? How was it transformed?

(see the answer keys)

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