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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Section 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the end of Suu Kyi's speech at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988, she restates their common goal, which is
(a) Freedom.
(b) A multi-party democracy.
(c) A government that is responsive to the people.
(d) To demand the release of all political prisoners.

3. What can authorities in Burma do without due process?
(a) "Authorities can take what is not rightfully theirs."
(b) "Authorities can violate human rights."
(c) "Authorities can imprison if there are witnesses."
(d) "Authorities can enforce as 'law' arbitrary decrees."

4. When did political thinking in Burma get stalled?
(a) In 1962.
(b) During the Cold War.
(c) By World War II.
(d) By World War I.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Suu Kyi's interview with Karan Thapar in August 29, 1988, what does Suu Kyi reiterate about what her father said about the army?

2. When did political thinking in Burma become increasingly organized?

3. What was the Burmese peoples' general attitude toward the British?

4. What does not allow fear to dictate behavior?

5. Why were the Burmese people not ideal recipients of leftist literature during the 1930s?

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