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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. When was Burma eventually granted its independence by the British?
(a) One year before Aung San was assassinated.
(b) It has not granted Burma its independence.
(c) Six months after Aung San was assassinated.
(d) Fourteen years after Aung San was assassinated.

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

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

4. In Suu Kyi's open letter dated September 26, 1988, what does she consider a "legitimate concern" for the international community?
(a) The imprisonment of Burmese leader Bo Tayza.
(b) The power is not being transferred to the government elected by the people.
(c) The decades of oppression and human rights violations.
(d) The previous weeks' wanton slaughter of unarmed citizens.

5. In Suu Kyi's interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989, what does she describe as being poor?
(a) The hope of the people of Burma.
(b) The health of Burma.
(c) The economic vitiality of Burma.
(d) An organization totally under the thumb of a dictator.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the nationalism movement in Burma get its roots?

3. In Suu Kyi's letter to the editor dated 14 April 1989, what do the Burmese people deserve?

4. What did the Nobel Peace Prize committee determine about Suu Kyi when they selected her for the award?

5. In Suu Kyi's undated letter to the United Nations, she states that the policy of the NLD is to

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