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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Section 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Burma have few social problems?
(a) The country had a lot of natural resources.
(b) The Burmese people had a very strict moral code.
(c) There was no social stratification.
(d) Because the British army maintained a tight control over the people.

2. Suu Kyi states in her speech Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988 that she is not beholden to any politician so that...
(a) She can act and think independently.
(b) No one can ever force Suu Kyi to betray them.
(c) She does not play a role in the corruption and the scandals.
(d) No one force her hand to act in a way that violates her conscience.

3. What comparison does Suu Kyi make to the ongoing national crisis in 1988?
(a) The democratic movement in China.
(b) The second struggle for national independence.
(c) The fallling of The Iron Curtain.
(d) The peasant revolts that have occurred throughout history.

4. According to Suu Kyi, in her speech on December 3, 1988, would the life expectancy be of the Burmese people in a democracy?
(a) Seventy-five years.
(b) Sixty years.
(c) Eighty years.
(d) Seventy years.

5. Which is worst out of the four types of corruption?
(a) Ill will.
(b) Greed.
(c) Desire.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the four types of corruption identified by Aung San Suu Kyi?

2. In Suu Kyi's speech on December 3, 1988, what does she say about democracy?

3. What was the Burmese approach to life during British occupation?

4. Who influenced the Burmese in terms of philosophy?

5. How did British colonization occur in Burma?

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