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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Section 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who formed a new government after Aung San was assassinated?
(a) U Nu.
(b) Aung San Suu Kyi.
(c) San Yu.
(d) Maung Aye.

2. What are Suu Kyi's comments about the SLORC in an interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989?
(a) "They are making inroads toward setting up a dialogue about holding elections.
(b) They are inefficient and their system will collapse under their own corruption.
(c) They are making strides in moving toward a multi-party system.
(d) They can't be trusted to set up a democratically elected government.

3. According to Suu Kyi, in her speech on December 3, 1988, what is the life expectancy of someone in a dictatorship?
(a) Sixty years.
(b) Seventy years.
(c) Seventy-five years.
(d) Fifty years.

4. Who were the leaders of the party that overthrew the Burmese government in 1962?
(a) The Japanese
(b) Military generals.
(c) Students.
(d) Farmers.

5. 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 reading was taught in the home.
(c) Because the Burmese people had attended monastery schools.
(d) Because compulsory school was ordered by the Burmese ruler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the reasons why Suu Kyi submitted her papers for candidacy for the election in May 1990?

2. Which is not a Burmese ethnic group?

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

4. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what are the Burmese people eager to study?

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

(see the answer key)

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