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

2. According to his daughter, what would have been abhorrent to Aung San?
(a) Ignorance and disinterest.
(b) Violence and immoral acts.
(c) Deceit and political guile.
(d) Greed and ill will.

3. How did British colonization occur in Burma?
(a) Gradually over 200 years.
(b) Abruptly, in a few months.
(c) After a five-year war.
(d) In three clear-cut phases.

4. What was the Freedom Bloc?
(a) A political party.
(b) A junta.
(c) A section of Burma free from British rule.
(d) A workers' union.

5. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, when did the western influence on Burmese language and literature become evident?
(a) During the middle part of the nineteenth century.
(b) During the beginning of the twentieth century.
(c) During the latter part of the nineteenth century.
(d) During the middle part of the twentieth century.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what is part of the unceasing human endeavor to prove?

2. Where was the Burma Independence Army (BIA) formed?

3. Why was the Burmese populace largely literate?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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