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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the disintegration of British rule felt more in this particular region of Burma?
(a) Because it was the center of British rule.
(b) Because the people in that region had overthrown outside rule in its past.
(c) Because it was too remote.
(d) There was a higher population density.

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

3. In 1988 in Burma, what gave hope to the process of decline?
(a) Intervention by the United Nations.
(b) A military coup.
(c) An election.
(d) The democratic movement.

4. In terms of outsiders, who represented a bigger change than the British?
(a) The Americans and the Canadians.
(b) The Portuguese and the Dutch.
(c) The Indians and Chinese.
(d) The Japanese and the Koreans.

5. According to Aung San, why did he encourage the Japanese invasion?
(a) Because "already one seems to hear the distant rumblings of another war"
(b) Because "we cannot bank our hopes on possibilities."
(c) Because "our people are reeling and suffering unprecedentedly."
(d) Because of "our naive blunders and petit-bourgeois timidity.'"

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what was spontaneous?

2. Which is not a Burmese ethnic group?

3. When does law and order gain intrinsic value?

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

5. Why does hope return in Burma?

(see the answer key)

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