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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 type of staff does Tutu say were forced to put atrocities into their own words?

2. What did Tutu think his cancer represented?

3. What did the Rwandan genocide teach Tutu?

4. Why did Tutu fight to prevent the TRC from giving a special hearing to the ANC?

5. What does Tutu state happened to many of the TRC staff?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tutu admit about conditioning?

2. Why were the interpreters shattered?

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

4. What happened on August 31, 1988?

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

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

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

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

9. What did Tutu find out about himself in 1997?

10. Why was reconciliation in jeopardy in South Africa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of President Botha in South Africa and his role in the TRC hearings.

Essay Topic 2

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

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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