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

2. Why did Tutu fight to prevent the TRC from giving a special hearing to the ANC?
(a) The ANC had already held its hearing.
(b) Tutu wanted to keep the ANC out of the TRC hearings.
(c) The TRC didn't have the time.
(d) To avoid looking like a lackey of the ANC.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Winnie Mandela's bodyguard plead guilty to?

2. Why was reconciliation in jeopardy in South Africa according to Tutu?

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

4. When did Nelson and his wife divorce?

5. What was the other name of Winnie Mandela's bodyguard team?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tutu admit regarding the Anglican Church?

2. What did Tutu wonder about God in "Chapter Seven, We Do Want to Forgive, But We Don't Know Whom to Forgive"?

3. Whose confessions implicated Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela's ex-wife?

4. What does Tutu caution about forgiveness?

5. What did Tutu wonder about himself in "Chapter Nine, Why The Heck Am I Doing This Thankless Job?"

6. What accusation was made against a commissioner and how was it handled?

7. What did Tutu say was a profound sin?

8. What were some black South Africans pressed into infiltrating?

9. How were individuals, the economy, and animals affected by apartheid terrorism?

10. What did Rwanda teach Tutu about genocide in "Chapter Eleven, Without Forgiveness There Really Is No Future"?

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