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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. Whom does Tutu maintain could also commit terrible crimes?

2. What did many apartheid supporters say they saw anti-apartheid movements as being during their TRC hearing?

3. What made Botha pathetic during his hearing at the TRC?

4. What does Tutu say God feels for his creation?

5. What did Tutu criticize in Israel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened on August 31, 1988?

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 did Tutu admit about conditioning?

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

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

8. Where was Tutu's message unpopular and why?

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

10. How were individuals, the economy, and animals affected by apartheid terrorism?

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

Compare the genocide in Rwanda with that of South Africa, examining the similarities and differences between genocide in the two countries.

Essay Topic 3

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

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