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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Tutu give for people in Rwanda listening to him?
(a) He was black.
(b) His work in South Africa gave him credibility.
(c) He was a clergyman.
(d) He had the backing of the South Africa Army.

2. Why was reconciliation in jeopardy in South Africa according to Tutu?
(a) Massive wealth inequalities between white and blacks.
(b) Blacks were creating laws against the whites.
(c) Whites tried to take power.
(d) Nelson Mandela died.

3. According to Tutu, what had helped him manage the fallout of the TRC problems?
(a) A good media director.
(b) God.
(c) Control over the media.
(d) Self confidence.

4. Why was the racist government of South Africa supported by Britain and the United States ?
(a) They were a nuclear power.
(b) They were buying a lot of military equipment.
(c) They had oil reserves.
(d) It was were anti-communist.

5. In what year did Tutu find out about having cancer?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1997.

6. What happened during a hearing that made the media wonder if Tutu was the right man to head the TRC?
(a) He fell asleep.
(b) He left abruptly.
(c) He cried in public.
(d) He drank alcohol.

7. What does Tutu state happened to many of the TRC staff?
(a) They were shattered.
(b) They were killed.
(c) They killed themselves.
(d) They were fired.

8. In what capacity did Tutu visit Rwanda?
(a) As a private citizen.
(b) As head of the TRC.
(c) As president of the All Africa Council of Churches.
(d) As president of South Africa.

9. How many volumes did the TRC commission issue on Winnie Mandela?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

10. When did Tutu visit Rwanda?
(a) In the mid-60's.
(b) In the mid-70's.
(c) In the mid-90's.
(d) In the mid-80's.

11. What happened on August, 1988?
(a) A bomb exploded in the Khotso House.
(b) Adriaan Vlok was elected in office.
(c) Mandela was jailed.
(d) Soweto was bulldozed.

12. What did the man in one of the TRC cases do after smelling the burning corpse of a murdered victim?
(a) Went to work.
(b) Went to church.
(c) Went home.
(d) Went to a barbecue.

13. What did Tutu wonder he should have done according to "Chapter Nine, Why The Heck Am I Doing This Thankless Job"?
(a) Resign his commission.
(b) Retire.
(c) Have his head examined.
(d) Run for president.

14. Why were the TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to stay disciplined?
(a) To avoid appearing bias.
(b) To not disintegrate.
(c) To avoid being emotional.
(d) To avoid arguments.

15. Tutu believed the TRC saved South Africa from ______________.
(a) The brink of disaster.
(b) Invasion.
(c) White domination.
(d) Black domination.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Mandela's wife while he was in prison?

2. Who many elephants and rhinos died due to apartheid terrorism?

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

4. What does Tutu say the rebels did during apartheid?

5. What did the Dutch Reformed Church do for the apartheid government prior to 1994?

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