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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Section 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main river in Burma?
(a) The Yalu.
(b) The Salween.
(c) The Irrawaddy.
(d) The Buriganga.

2. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what are the Burmese people eager to study?
(a) History.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Modern politics.
(d) Economics.

3. Which is worst out of the four types of corruption?
(a) Ill will.
(b) Fear.
(c) Greed.
(d) Desire.

4. Which is not a Burmese ethnic group?
(a) Kachin.
(b) Chin.
(c) Han.
(d) Shan.

5. Although the Burmese government refused to acknowledge the document, "The Formation of a People's Committee," the government did which of the following?
(a) Dispatched representatives "to listen to citizens' discussions in the villages."
(b) Allowed the formation of new political parties.
(c) Rounded up and imprisoned the authors of the document.
(d) Formed a commission "to ascertain the aspirations of the people."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what corrupts individuals?

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

4. Who influenced the Burmese in terms of philosophy?

5. Which country had formed a similar committee that is being proposed in "The Formation of a People's Committee"?

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