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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tutu assert sometimes happened to those pleading guilty under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act?
(a) The were hunted down and killed.
(b) They lost their job.
(c) They fled the country.
(d) Their marriage ended.

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

3. The 1994 presidential election in South Africa was certified as being _______________.
(a) Fair and free.
(b) Rigged.
(c) Outdated.
(d) Unfair.

4. What was put in place after the presidential election of 1994?
(a) A new army.
(b) A new elite guard.
(c) A new parliament.
(d) A new constitution.

5. According to Tutu, the ANC was not merely ______________.
(a) A capitalist opposer.
(b) Mandela's movement.
(c) A black movement.
(d) A communist party.

6. Tutu alerted the Anglican Communion of ______________.
(a) Whites not communing.
(b) Non believers in the TRC.
(c) A need for prayer.
(d) Racist preachers.

7. When was Tutu nominated as the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
(a) October 15, 1994.
(b) December 19, 1994.
(c) December 15, 1994.
(d) December 15, 1995.

8. 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) A sabbatical.
(c) A trip to Japan.
(d) Vacation.

9. How old was Nelson Mandela in 1994?
(a) 66 years old.
(b) 76 years old.
(c) 75 years old.
(d) 56 years old.

10. What does Tutu say happened to black people injured on the side of the road when an ambulance for whites arrived in the story he recounted?
(a) They were helped.
(b) They were ignored.
(c) They were killed.
(d) They were run over.

11. Tutu described the struggle for racial equality as being a ______________.
(a) Struggle between past and future.
(b) Struggle between good and bad.
(c) Struggle between right and wrong.
(d) Religious struggle.

12. What was Tutu's rank in the Church?
(a) Archbishop.
(b) Monk.
(c) Pastor.
(d) Bishop.

13. What does Tutu say many people thought of the TRC?
(a) They saw it as immoral.
(b) They saw it as useless.
(c) They ignored it.
(d) They liked it.

14. When was the ANC created?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1912.

15. What does Tutu say of the whites that came forward to the TRC?
(a) They were cowards.
(b) They were coerced.
(c) They were remarkable.
(d) They were scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Prime Minister in South Africa in 1996?

2. What did many people see the TRC doing?

3. Tutu was challenged by the media because _______________.

4. Under what conditions were the trials under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act held?

5. What does Tutu state the ANC was not exempt of in 1994?

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