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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, Up and Running.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Tutu preparing for when he was asked to be the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, according to "Chapter Five, Up and Running"?
(a) Retirement.
(b) Vacation.
(c) A trip to Japan.
(d) A sabbatical.

2. What does Tutu say impressed many observers and the South African people?
(a) Mandela's willpower.
(b) Mandela's dignity.
(c) Mandela's resilience to torture.
(d) Mandela's writing skills.

3. What other approach, beside trials, does Tutu believe was not the right one either?
(a) Death squads.
(b) Banishment.
(c) Blanket amnesty.
(d) Ex-communication.

4. What type of justice do most people inherently think of?
(a) Mob justice.
(b) Retributive justice.
(c) Restorative justice.
(d) Quick justice.

5. Tutu was challenged by the media because _______________.
(a) He collaborated wtih the white government.
(b) The commission had a Christian emphasis.
(c) He was a friend of Mandela.
(d) He was too old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tutu think would have happened if the prime minister had not rescinded the ban of reform organizations?

2. What court was Judge Mohamed assigned to, according to Tutu?

3. How does Tutu explain why there was no bloodshed during the end of Apartheid?

4. What did Tutu marvel at in "Chapter Five, Up and Running"?

5. How did Tutu find the work at the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

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