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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 did the worst part of South African Apartheid start?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1960.

2. How did Tutu find the work at the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
(a) Boring.
(b) Difficult and exhilarating.
(c) Rewarding.
(d) Unfullfiling.

3. What political ideologies did the ANC encompass according to Tutu?
(a) From Marxist to dictatorial.
(b) From democratic to Marxist.
(c) From communist to Marxist.
(d) From Marxist to libertarian.

4. According to Tutu, what would forgetting the past do to the segregation victims?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Make them turn to violence.
(c) Victimize them twice.
(d) Make them disappear.

5. How many "severe violations" does the TRC categorize as "gross" violations of human rights?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tutu say was in one's self interest?

2. What did December 16th become after 1994?

3. What does Tutu express he and the TRC had to constantly emphasize?

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

5. What does Tutu state was forcibly segregated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did all groups of the ANC agree to?

2. What did TRC have to constantly emphasize?

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

4. What despotic ruler wanted blanket amnesty?

5. Why was April 27, 1994 significant according to "Chapter One, The Prelude"?

6. What do theology and the witness of Jesus show according to Tutu?

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

8. Why couldn't Tutu support blanket amnesty?

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

10. Why was December 15 significant ? How was it transformed?

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