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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What church is Desmond Tutu a part of?
(a) Anglican.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Taoist.
2. Why does Tutu assert Mandela had enormous credibility?
(a) He was a good orator.
(b) He was not broken by his time in prison.
(c) He went to prison for his ideas.
(d) He was the oldest leader alive.
3. What does Tutu say Mandela thought the reconciliation had to be?
(a) Headed by white people.
(b) Quick.
(c) Headed by black people.
(d) Spiritual.
4. How did Tutu qualify the South African peace?
(a) Fragile.
(b) Secure.
(c) Failing.
(d) Strong.
5. What does Tutu express he and the TRC had to constantly emphasize?
(a) They were racially blind.
(b) Blacks were honest.
(c) They were not conducting a witch hunt.
(d) They were only prosecuting whites.
6. What does Tutu state no one admitted defending after its end according to "Chapter Two, Nuremberg or National Amnesia? A Third Way"?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Equality.
(d) Apartheid.
7. When was the new president of South Africa inaugurated?
(a) June 10, 1994.
(b) May 10, 1994.
(c) May 10, 1995.
(d) May 19, 1994.
8. What does Tutu state the ANC was not exempt of in 1994?
(a) White members.
(b) Leader struggle.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Splinter groups focused on revenge.
9. What did people with ties to the segregationist regime get for their confession?
(a) The right to leave the country
(b) Their lives spared.
(c) A light sentence.
(d) Amnesty.
10. What was the TRC according to Tutu in "Chapter Four, What About Justice"?
(a) Truth and Race Commission.
(b) Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
(c) Truth about Race Crimes.
(d) Truth and Revenge Commission.
11. What does Tutu say of the whites that came forward to the TRC?
(a) They were remarkable.
(b) They were coerced.
(c) They were cowards.
(d) They were scared.
12. What does Tutu say the trials under Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act ensured?
(a) Christians would not be found guilty.
(b) Knowledge of the law.
(c) Public humiliation.
(d) The public would know who to get revenge against.
13. How did Tutu find the work at the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
(a) Rewarding.
(b) Difficult and exhilarating.
(c) Boring.
(d) Unfullfiling.
14. Why were the unarmed schoolchildren shot and killed during the Soweto violence in 1976?
(a) For protesting.
(b) For going to school.
(c) For not saluting the flag.
(d) For looting.
15. What does Tutu say of the politicians who crafted the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act?
(a) They were white.
(b) They were going too fast.
(c) They were saints.
(d) They were self interested.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Tutu, the ANC was not merely ______________.
2. How many goals did Tutu set for himself after his ordination in 1986?
3. What did Tutu marvel at in "Chapter Five, Up and Running"?
4. What board was in charge of reassigning members of the same family based on their color according to Tutu?
5. Why was the new government still vulnerable according to Tutu?
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