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

2. What was the Burmese approach to life during British occupation?
(a) The Burmese developed a feudal system.
(b) The Burmese developed a network of large towns.
(c) The Burmese continued their village way of life.
(d) The Burmese wanted to industrialize and urbanize.

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

4. Which one of the following is NOT one of the things that Suu Kyi emphasizes in her speech on December 1988?
(a) Everyone must maintain hope.
(b) Everyone must work together for democracy.
(c) Loyalties and allegiances should not be to individuals or groups.
(d) Loyalties and allegiances should not be short-term.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Suu Kyi states in her speech at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988 that people should so which of the following?

3. 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

4. How did British colonization occur in Burma?

5. What does not allow fear to dictate behavior?

(see the answer key)

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