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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How was Tutu's message of peace perceived by Israel?
(a) It was unpopular.
(b) It was banned.
(c) It was taught in schools.
(d) It was popular.

4. What does Tutu believe about the white Afrikaner minority in "Chapter Ten, We Did Not Know"?
(a) They were castaways.
(b) They were traitors.
(c) They could have ended apartheid.
(d) They were powerless.

5. What type of staff does Tutu say were forced to put atrocities into their own words?
(a) Transcribers.
(b) Witnesses.
(c) Judges.
(d) Interpreters.

6. What did Tutu do while Winnie Mandela was in exile?
(a) He hid her location.
(b) He took her communion.
(c) He transmitted her correspondence.
(d) He allowed her to move abroad.

7. Who many elephants and rhinos died due to apartheid terrorism?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 10,000.

8. How was the African Defense Force used prior to 1994?
(a) To stop "Communism" by president Botha.
(b) To eliminate political opponents.
(c) To patrol black slums.
(d) To deport black people.

9. Why was the TRC's neutrality questioned at the start of its mandate?
(a) Mandela refused to testify.
(b) Many staff were white.
(c) The TRC was all black.
(d) The judges had no experience.

10. What did Tutu's cancer help him do?
(a) See living as a good thing.
(b) Become more laid back.
(c) Be more realistic about man.
(d) See a white doctor.

11. 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 home.
(c) Went to church.
(d) Went to a barbecue.

12. What did the TRC struggle to avoid?
(a) Assassination attempts.
(b) Attempts at silencing it.
(c) Accusations of racism.
(d) Accusations of bias.

13. At what TRC hearing did Winnie Mandela come to, according to Tutu?
(a) The one held for her brother.
(b) The one held for the policeman who tried to kill her.
(c) The one helf for her.
(d) The one held for her bodyguards.

14. What were TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to take?
(a) Breaks during the day.
(b) The TRC seriously.
(c) A second loan on their car.
(d) Vacations.

15. What does Tutu say his cancer helped him identify with?
(a) Drug addicts.
(b) The sinners of the world.
(c) Victims of apartheid.
(d) Victims of poor medical care.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tutu criticize in Israel?

2. What did Tutu preach in Rwanda?

3. What were TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to have?

4. Why did Tutu meet Botha in 1988?

5. What does Tutu say some black South Africans were forced to do in order to keep their family safe?

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