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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. Why does Tutu say many accepted the apartheid system?
(a) It was practical.
(b) It was profitable.
(c) It was good for tourism.
(d) It was comfortable and familiar.

2. Why did Tutu meet Botha in 1988?
(a) To try to kill him.
(b) To take his confession.
(c) To try to have him spare the life of six prisoners.
(d) To read with him.

3. What does Tutu state happened to many of the TRC staff?
(a) They killed themselves.
(b) They were fired.
(c) They were shattered.
(d) They were killed.

4. What does Tutu assert many people did at the TRC?
(a) Avoided answering questions.
(b) Revealed their vulnerability in public.
(c) Cried.
(d) Admitted to murder.

5. Tutu believed the TRC saved South Africa from ______________.
(a) The brink of disaster.
(b) White domination.
(c) Invasion.
(d) Black domination.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who blamed Botha and his entourage for everything that went wrong at the end of the apartheid regime?

2. When did Nelson and his wife divorce?

3. What does Tutu say the rebels did during apartheid?

4. What did many apartheid supporters say they saw anti-apartheid movements as being during their TRC hearing?

5. Why were the TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to stay disciplined?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some black South Africans pressed into infiltrating?

2. What does Tutu caution about forgiveness?

3. What did Tutu wonder about himself in "Chapter Nine, Why The Heck Am I Doing This Thankless Job?"

4. What did Tutu say was a profound sin?

5. What did Tutu encourage the TRC workers and commissioners to do?

6. What did Tutu say was shocking in "Chapter Ten, We Did Not Know"?

7. Whose confessions implicated Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela's ex-wife?

8. What did Rwanda teach Tutu about genocide in "Chapter Eleven, Without Forgiveness There Really Is No Future"?

9. Where was Tutu's message unpopular and why?

10. Why were many graves opened?

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