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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 happened on August, 1988?
(a) Soweto was bulldozed.
(b) Mandela was jailed.
(c) A bomb exploded in the Khotso House.
(d) Adriaan Vlok was elected in office.

2. When did Nelson and his wife divorce?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1997.

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

4. What does Tutu say the rebels did during apartheid?
(a) Kidnapped school teachers.
(b) Went to church.
(c) Became as brutal as their oppressors.
(d) Killed children.

5. Who blamed Botha and his entourage for everything that went wrong at the end of the apartheid regime?
(a) The State Senate.
(b) The South Africa Army.
(c) The State Security Council.
(d) The Security Group.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tutu maintain oppressors can do to their victims?

2. When did Tutu visit Rwanda?

3. What happened to Botha between 1988 and his hearing before the TRC?

4. What did Tutu think his cancer represented?

5. What happened during a hearing that made the media wonder if Tutu was the right man to head the TRC?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tutu admit regarding the Anglican Church?

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

3. What does Tutu caution about forgiveness?

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

5. Why were many graves opened?

6. What did Tutu say was a profound sin?

7. What did Tutu see as the greatest weakness of the TRC?

8. What happened on August 31, 1988?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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