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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tutu state was forcibly segregated?

2. How many amnesty applications did the TRC have at the time of its first meeting, according to Tutu?

3. What post did the "high priest" of South Africa segregation hold?

4. How old was Tutu in 1994?

5. What formed a bridge between the oppressive past of South Africa and his free future?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the TRC charged with according to "Chapter Six, A Victim Hearing"?

2. What did Tutu claim as the main weakness of the bill?

3. How does Nelson Mandela impress many?

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

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

6. What realization dawned on the citizens according to Tutu?

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

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

9. What would no one admit to according to "Chapter Two, Nuremberg or National Amnesia? A Third Way"?

10. Why was the commission humbled?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and define blanket amnesty and examine the implications involved.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the history of apartheid in South Africa and discuss why it was started, its implications, and how it ended.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd and his role in the segregated education system in South Africa.

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