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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the new president of South Africa inaugurated?
(a) May 10, 1994.
(b) May 19, 1994.
(c) June 10, 1994.
(d) May 10, 1995.

2. What did Tutu marvel at in "Chapter Five, Up and Running"?
(a) The strength of his will.
(b) The courage of the whites that came before the commission.
(c) The number of cases.
(d) The level of forgiveness of the victims.

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

4. What type of justice do most people inherently think of?
(a) Retributive justice.
(b) Restorative justice.
(c) Quick justice.
(d) Mob justice.

5. What did Tutu first suggest that TRC members do before abandoning the idea in face of protests?
(a) Pray.
(b) Swear on the Bible.
(c) Resign their party affiliations.
(d) Appear before the TRC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What formed a bridge between the oppressive past of South Africa and his free future?

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

3. What does Tutu assert sometimes happened to those pleading guilty under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act?

4. What did many people see the TRC doing?

5. Why were the unarmed schoolchildren shot and killed during the Soweto violence in 1976?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Sharpeville Massacre? When did it occur?

2. What despotic ruler wanted blanket amnesty?

3. What would no one admit to according to "Chapter Two, Nuremberg or National Amnesia? A Third Way"?

4. What did Tutu marvel at?

5. Why was red-baiting no longer effective?

6. What did the South African people have to figure out according to Tutu?

7. What did the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act specify?

8. What realization dawned on the citizens according to Tutu?

9. What does Tutu argue when he reproduces a statement from Judge Mohamed?

10. What was the racial superiority in South Africa based on?

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