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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Section 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can authorities in Burma do without due process?
(a) "Authorities can violate human rights."
(b) "Authorities can enforce as 'law' arbitrary decrees."
(c) "Authorities can imprison if there are witnesses."
(d) "Authorities can take what is not rightfully theirs."

2. How did the British attempt to pacify the Burmese people during their rule?
(a) By emphasizing differences among the ethnic groups.
(b) By imposing curfews.
(c) By turing their backs on the corruption of local Burmese administrators.
(d) Through intermarriage.

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

4. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what are the Burmese people eager to study?
(a) Modern politics.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Economics.
(d) History.

5. Suu Kyi writes that Aung San was NOT...
(a) A show horse.
(b) A political stuntman.
(c) An attention seeker.
(d) A political idealogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Burma's main export?

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

3. What was Aung San's response to his fame in 1942?

4. What was the Burmese approach to life during British occupation?

5. How did British colonization occur in Burma?

(see the answer key)

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