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

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

3. What board was in charge of reassigning members of the same family based on their color according to Tutu?
(a) The Black Board.
(b) The Family Racial Board.
(c) The Good White Family Board.
(d) The Race Classification Board.

4. Under what conditions were the trials under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act held?
(a) On television.
(b) Closed to the public.
(c) Open to the public.
(d) Outside the country.

5. What did December 16th become after 1994?
(a) Day of Reckoning.
(b) Day of Vengeance.
(c) Day of Reconciliation.
(d) Day of Remembrance.

Short Answer Questions

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 What prime minister rescinded the ban of political organization like the ANC?

2. What does Tutu say was in one's self interest?

3. How does Tutu explain why there was no bloodshed during the end of Apartheid?

4. What does Tutu say was the main weakness of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act bill?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why couldn't Tutu support blanket amnesty?

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

5. What postscript does the Constitution contain?

6. How does Nelson Mandela impress many?

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

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

9. Why did many people condemn the truth and reconciliation process according to "Chapter Four, What About Justice?"

10. What despotic ruler wanted blanket amnesty?

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