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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. Tutu believed the TRC saved South Africa from ______________.

3. What were TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to have?

4. What does Tutu say many people do not want to expose?

5. What does Tutu express of humans and God?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why were the interpreters shattered?

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

4. Why did Winnie Mandela want the hearing to be open to the public in "Chapter Eight, This is My Brother, I Know These Shoes"?

5. What does Tutu caution about forgiveness?

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

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

8. Why were many graves opened?

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

10. What did Rwanda teach Tutu about genocide in "Chapter Eleven, Without Forgiveness There Really Is No Future"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the education received by black South Africans under apartheid and what steps have been taken to resolve the educational issues since the end of apartheid.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Tutu's primary goals as Archbishop and determine whether or not his goals were achieved.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Tutu's realizations regarding humanity and God after the end of apartheid and determine why these were significant.

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