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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 many judges did Mandela have to nominate for the TRC?

2. How many people died during the Sharpeville Massacre?

3. What does Tutu say happened to black people injured on the side of the road when an ambulance for whites arrived in the story he recounted?

4. Why was the TRC not popular in some parts according to Tutu?

5. Who would have been quick to lie in case of trials, according to Tutu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tutu argue about dehumanization according to "Chapter Three, In the Fullness of Time"?

2. What did all groups of the ANC agree to?

3. What was significant about May 10?

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

5. What did Mandela know about reconciliation? What advice did Tutu give?

6. What did the TRC have to focus on? How was it defined?

7. What did TRC have to constantly emphasize?

8. Why was December 15 significant ? How was it transformed?

9. Why couldn't Tutu support blanket amnesty?

10. How does Nelson Mandela impress many?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role of the Anglican Church in South Africa and discuss the contradicts promoted by rejecting racism, but tolerating segregation.

Essay Topic 2

Examine specific massacres mentioned by Tutu and determine how these massacres changed the history of South Africa.

Essay Topic 3

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

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