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

2. The passage written in 1908 negatively compares the Burmese to the following nationalities EXCEPT?
(a) The Siamese.
(b) The European.
(c) Indian.
(d) The Chinaman.

3. Why was the Burmese populace largely literate?
(a) Children were encouraged to get a good education so they could attend a foreign university.
(b) Because compulsory school was ordered by the Burmese ruler.
(c) Because reading was taught in the home.
(d) Because the Burmese people had attended monastery schools.

4. Where did the nationalism movement in Burma get its roots?
(a) In Rangoon.
(b) At the university.
(c) In the villages.
(d) By expatriates in Bangkok

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the Burmese people not ideal recipients of leftist literature during the 1930s?

2. What comparison does Suu Kyi make to the ongoing national crisis in 1988?

3. What solution does Suu Kyi propose to Amnesty International in her first letter addressed to them?

4. How does Suu Kyi conclude her first letter to Amnesty International?

5. Why did Burma have few social problems?

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