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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Section 9.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When did the Burmese nationalism movement reach a turning point?
(a) With the onset of World War II.
(b) During the Cold War.
(c) During the 1920s
(d) At the turn of the 20th century.
2. What comparison does Suu Kyi make to the ongoing national crisis in 1988?
(a) The fallling of The Iron Curtain.
(b) The second struggle for national independence.
(c) The peasant revolts that have occurred throughout history.
(d) The democratic movement in China.
3. When was Burma eventually granted its independence by the British?
(a) One year before Aung San was assassinated.
(b) It has not granted Burma its independence.
(c) Six months after Aung San was assassinated.
(d) Fourteen years after Aung San was assassinated.
4. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what are the Burmese people eager to study?
(a) Economics.
(b) Modern politics.
(c) History.
(d) Philosophy.
5. Why does the nationalist theme in Indian literature appear earlier than Burmese literature?
(a) The Indians had a stronger political orientation.
(b) The British had censored the Burmese press during their initial occupation.
(c) Because India was colonized over a century earlier.
(d) The British were more domineering in India.
Short Answer Questions
1. At the end of Suu Kyi's speech at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988, she restates their common goal, which is
2. What war brought Burma under British rule?
3. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what is part of the unceasing human endeavor to prove?
4. Suu Kyi writes that Aung San was NOT...
5. According to his daughter, what would have been abhorrent to Aung San?
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