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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Section 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who escorts Suu Kyi to the event she describes in her letter to the editor dated January 21, 1989?
(a) Her supporters.
(b) Her sons.
(c) The people of Burma.
(d) A flotilla of troops.

2. In her undated letter to the United Nations, what is Suu Kyi's hope for the United Nation's role in Burma?
(a) That the United Nations can create conditions where people can express their views without fear of reprisal.
(b) That the United Nations could send a diplomatic corps to Burma for discussions with the military regime.
(c) That the United Nations would draw worldwide attention to the human rights violations in Burma.
(d) That the United Nations Security Council would gather international military powers to defeat the regime in Burma.

3. Who does Suu Kyi ask to press about the human rights violations in Burma in her open letter dated September 26, 1988?
(a) The citizens of the world.
(b) Ambassadors from countries recognized by the Burmese government.
(c) The members of the United Nations General Assembly
(d) World Leaders.

4. When was Burma eventually granted its independence by the British?
(a) One year before Aung San was assassinated.
(b) Six months after Aung San was assassinated.
(c) It has not granted Burma its independence.
(d) Fourteen years after Aung San was assassinated.

5. Who was the Secretary General during the time Suu Kyi was working for the United Nations?
(a) Dag Hammerskjold.
(b) Kurt Waldheim.
(c) Javier Perez de Cuellar.
(d) U Thant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Aung San want to achieve nationalism?

2. In Suu Kyi's undated letter to the United Nations, she states that "those who embrace the cause of human rights...

3. Where was the Burma Independence Army (BIA) formed?

4. In her speech delivered at a pagoda in Myitkyina, Kachin State on April 27, 1989, what advice does Suu Kyi give to parents?

5. What are Suu Kyi's comments about the SLORC in an interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989?

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