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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 did Tutu have to do before becoming the Dean of Johannesburg?
(a) Register as a black person.
(b) Receive an endorsement from the white population.
(c) Renounce terrorism.
(d) Pledge to the government.

2. How many "severe violations" does the TRC categorize as "gross" violations of human rights?
(a) Eight.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

3. What did Tutu grow to accept as a child?
(a) His race.
(b) Apartheid.
(c) His father was white.
(d) His faith.

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

5. What court was Judge Mohamed assigned to, according to Tutu?
(a) The Supreme Court of South Africa.
(b) Constitutional court.
(c) Juvenile court.
(d) Criminal court.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tutu said the TRC spoke for ______________.

2. What was Tutu's rank in the Church?

3. When was Tutu nominated as the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

4. 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"?

5. What part of the New Testament does Tutu say the supporters of Apartheid chose to ignore?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Mandela know about reconciliation? What advice did Tutu give?

3. What did TRC have to constantly emphasize?

4. What do theology and the witness of Jesus show according to Tutu?

5. How does Nelson Mandela impress many?

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

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

8. What was the Sharpeville Massacre? When did it occur?

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

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

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