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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did political thinking in Burma become increasingly organized?
(a) During the 1930s.
(b) During the early 1900s
(c) During the 1980s
(d) During the 1940s

2. What also developed along with the western influence on Burmese language and literature?
(a) Urbanism.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Socialism.

3. What war brought Burma under British rule?
(a) The Five Year War.
(b) The Anglo-Burmese War.
(c) The Perak War.
(d) The Opium War.

4. What was a common theme in Burmese literature near the end of the British rule?
(a) The struggle for independence.
(b) The Victorian way of life.
(c) Egalitarianism.
(d) Socialist realism.

5. What group became the voice for Burmese nationalism?
(a) The labor unions.
(b) The farmers.
(c) The military.
(d) The university students.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the disintegrating effect of the British rule first felt in Burma?

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

3. Who formed a new government after Aung San was assassinated?

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

5. When was Burma eventually granted its independence by the British?

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