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

2. In Suu Kyi's letter to the editor dated 14 April 1989, what do the Burmese people deserve?
(a) A coutry that is "vibrant, stable, and economically sound."
(b) A future that is "safe, hopeful, and enduring."
(c) More than the leading party's "inefficiency, corruption, and misuse of power."
(d) A government that is "responsive, representative, and responsible."

3. According to his daughter, what would have been abhorrent to Aung San?
(a) Ignorance and disinterest.
(b) Greed and ill will.
(c) Deceit and political guile.
(d) Violence and immoral acts.

4. Which is not a Burmese ethnic group?
(a) Chin.
(b) Shan.
(c) Kachin.
(d) Han.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was different about the human rights violation than previous circumstances that Suu Kyi cites in her second letter to Amnesty International?

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

3. Why was Aung san Su Kyi awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991?

4. In Suu Kyi's interview with Karan Thapar in August 29, 1988, what does she state as her vision for her role in Burma?

5. According to Suu Kyi in her undated letter to the United Nations, why does the NLD not seek confrontation?

(see the answer key)

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