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

2. In Suu Kyi's interview with Karan Thapar in August 29, 1988, how did Suu Kyi describe the situation in Burma?
(a) "Very tense."
(b) "Business as usual."
(c) "Very calm."
(d) "Intensely desperate."

3. Suu Kyi states in her speech Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988 that she is not beholden to any politician so that...
(a) She does not play a role in the corruption and the scandals.
(b) She can act and think independently.
(c) No one force her hand to act in a way that violates her conscience.
(d) No one can ever force Suu Kyi to betray them.

4. According Suu Kyi, who is oppressing the people of Burma?
(a) The people themselves.
(b) The military.
(c) The government's Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP).
(d) President Maung.

5. Why did Burma have few social problems?
(a) The country had a lot of natural resources.
(b) There was no social stratification.
(c) Because the British army maintained a tight control over the people.
(d) The Burmese people had a very strict moral code.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does not allow fear to dictate behavior?

2. Who influenced the Burmese in terms of philosophy?

3. In Suu Kyi's interview with Karan Thapar in August 29, 1988, Suu Kyi explains what she means by Burma's need for a second struggle for independence, which is:

4. What group was at the core of the Burma Independence Army (BIA)?

5. In "Belief in Burma's Future," what is Suu Kyi's conviction about the people's movement that has arisen during 1988?

(see the answer key)

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