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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 a clergyman.
(b) He had the backing of the South Africa Army.
(c) His work in South Africa gave him credibility.
(d) He was black.

2. What does Tutu state about the commissioners at the beginning of the TRC mandate?
(a) They acted like prima donnas.
(b) They were honest.
(c) They were hard working.
(d) They were white.

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

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

5. What does Tutu say God feels for his creation?
(a) Anger.
(b) Pride.
(c) Pity.
(d) Loss.

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

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

8. What were TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to have?
(a) Bodyguards.
(b) Guns.
(c) A support system.
(d) Neutral clothes.

9. Who blamed Botha and his entourage for everything that went wrong at the end of the apartheid regime?
(a) The State Senate.
(b) The South Africa Army.
(c) The Security Group.
(d) The State Security Council.

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

11. What did Tutu believe tarnished the image of the TRC?
(a) Accepted false testimonies.
(b) It leaked secrets.
(c) Condemned black people.
(d) Let white people go free.

12. What did many apartheid supporters say they saw anti-apartheid movements as being during their TRC hearing?
(a) Terrorism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Capitalistm
(d) Communism.

13. What does Tutu say some black South Africans were forced to do in order to keep their family safe?
(a) Kill black activists.
(b) Infiltrate the ANC.
(c) Plead guilty on trumped up charges.
(d) Pledge to the white government.

14. Where was Mandela's wife while he was in prison?
(a) She was in prison.
(b) She was hiding.
(c) She was in exile.
(d) She was free.

15. What did Tutu criticize in Israel?
(a) Israel treatment of Palestinians.
(b) Its war against Libya.
(c) Its bombing of Iran.
(d) Israel's treatment of women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Winnie Mandela preside over in 1995?

2. When did Nelson and his wife divorce?

3. When did Tutu visit Rwanda?

4. What does Tutu say he understood despite not being able to exonerate Winnie Mandela?

5. How was Tutu's message of peace perceived by Israel?

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