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

2. What political event does Tutu speculate could have helped prevent bloodshed?

3. What does Tutu say many people thought of the TRC?

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

5. What did Tutu have to do before becoming the Dean of Johannesburg?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the commission humbled?

2. What despotic ruler wanted blanket amnesty?

3. What was significant about May 10?

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. Why was April 27, 1994 significant according to "Chapter One, The Prelude"?

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

8. What happened on the first day of TRC hearings?

9. What did the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act specify?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the flaws of the TRC as discussed by Tutu and examine why each was significant to the hearings regarding apartheid.

Essay Topic 3

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

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