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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. Tutu expressed that no one can be ______________and be alone.

2. What does Tutu say many people forgot about the TRC according to "Chapter Eight, This Is My Brother, I Know These Shoes"?

3. Who many elephants and rhinos died due to apartheid terrorism?

4. What does Tutu say his cancer helped him identify with?

5. According to Tutu, what had helped him manage the fallout of the TRC problems?

Short Essay Questions

1. What accusation was made against a commissioner and how was it handled?

2. What were TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to do by health staff according to the "Postscript"?

3. What does everyone have the capacity for according to Tutu?

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

5. Why was reconciliation in jeopardy in South Africa?

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

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

8. Why were many graves opened?

9. What was the worst thing about apartheid according to Tutu?

10. What happened on August 31, 1988?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Examine The Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act and discuss its implications.

Essay Topic 3

Examine why the commission's neutrality came under question and why neutrality in hearings was necessary.

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