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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. Who formed a new government after Aung San was assassinated?
(a) U Nu.
(b) San Yu.
(c) Maung Aye.
(d) Aung San Suu Kyi.

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

3. Who influenced the Burmese in terms of philosophy?
(a) The Chinese.
(b) The Greeks.
(c) The Indians.
(d) The Persians.

4. When was Aung San assassinated?
(a) Before Aung San Suu Kyi was born.
(b) When Aung San Suu Kyi was ten years old.
(c) When Aung San Suu Kyi was two years old.
(d) When Aung San Suu Kyi was sixteen years old.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why have others said that the Burmese are unfit to govern themselves?

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

3. Who published Aung San Suu Kyi's work that examines the themes in Burmese literature and political thought?

4. Which is not a Burmese ethnic group?

5. Which of Aung San's relatives led one of the first groups resist the British occupation?

(see the answer key)

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