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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tutu's cancer help him do?

2. What happened in Israel in the late 90's according to Tutu?

3. What made Botha pathetic during his hearing at the TRC?

4. What does Tutu assert many people did at the TRC?

5. What happened on August, 1988?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the interpreters shattered?

2. What did Tutu see as the greatest weakness of the TRC?

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

4. Why was reconciliation in jeopardy in South Africa?

5. What were TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to do by health staff according to the "Postscript"?

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

7. What happened on August 31, 1988?

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

9. What did Tutu find out about himself in 1997?

10. What did Tutu admit about conditioning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the impact of the allegations made by the bodyguards of Winnie Mandela and why she was complicit.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and define blanket amnesty and examine the implications involved.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of President Botha in South Africa and his role in the TRC hearings.

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