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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. What happens to Suu Kyi's two letters addressed to Amnesty International?
(a) They are received by Amnesty International.
(b) They are printed in the New York Times.
(c) They are intercepted by the military regime.
(d) They are copied and forwarded to Suu Kyi's family.

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

3. Who holds the burden of upholding justice and common decency where no rule of law prevails?
(a) The military.
(b) The police.
(c) The religious orders.
(d) The people.

4. What human rights violation does Suu Kyi cite in her second letter to Amnesty International?
(a) Citizens being internally displaced.
(b) The imprisonment of those who speak against the government.
(c) The involuntary conscription of young men.
(d) Putting young children to work in factories.

5. According to Suu Kyi, in her speech on December 3, 1988, what is the life expectancy of someone in a dictatorship?
(a) Seventy-five years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) Seventy years.
(d) Sixty years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Suu Kyi states in her speech Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988 that she is not beholden to any politician so that...

2. What was the purpose of the rally at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988?

3. The passage written in 1908 negatively compares the Burmese to the following nationalities EXCEPT?

4. Why did Burma have few social problems?

5. What impact did the British occupation have on the Burmese language groups?

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