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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. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what corrupts individuals?
(a) Fear.
(b) Money.
(c) Power.
(d) Greed.

2. According to Suu Kyi, What was Gandhi able to accomplish that Burma was unable to do?
(a) To synthesize thought and action.
(b) To organize demonstrations.
(c) To take a spiritual approach to ousting the British.
(d) To hold rallies.

3. What does not allow fear to dictate behavior?
(a) Courage.
(b) Morality
(c) Power.
(d) Ignorance.

4. 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) No one force her hand to act in a way that violates her conscience.
(d) She does not play a role in the corruption and the scandals.

5. How does Suu Kyi conclude her first letter to Amnesty International?
(a) To actively promote the situation in Burma worldwide.
(b) To pass on any additional avenues to address the situation in Burma that she did not suggest.
(c) To act swiftly.
(d) That everyone needs to work together to bring about change in Burma.

Short Answer Questions

1. In terms of outsiders, who represented a bigger change than the British?

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

3. Who holds the burden of upholding justice and common decency where no rule of law prevails?

4. Which one of the following is NOT one of the things that Suu Kyi emphasizes in her speech on December 1988?

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

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