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

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

3. Why were the Burmese people not ideal recipients of leftist literature during the 1930s?
(a) There was little social exploitation and little poverty.
(b) The Burmese were suspicious of outsiders.
(c) The literacy rate dropped during the British occupation, so not everyone could read the literature.
(d) There was a strong Fascist contingent in the country during that period.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Suu Kyi, in her speech on December 3, 1988, what is the life expectancy of someone in a dictatorship?

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

5. 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

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