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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. 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.

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

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

4. What landmark is in the region of Burma where the disintegration of British rule was felt?
(a) Rangoon.
(b) Mount Popa
(c) The Bay of Bengal.
(d) Mandalay

5. For Aung San Suu Kyi, how will the forces that produce inequities be conquered?
(a) Through an international tribunal.
(b) Out of a spiritual revolution.
(c) Through non-violent resistance.
(d) By an uprising of the people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the nationalist theme in Indian literature appear earlier than Burmese literature?

2. What is NOT one of the four types of corruption identified by Aung San Suu Kyi?

3. What form of literature became increasingly popular in Burma near the end of the British rule?

4. What was a common theme in Burmese literature near the end of the British rule?

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

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