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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Section 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What difficulties did Suu Kyi refer to in her letter to the editor dated 14 April 1989?
(a) Losing faith.
(b) Being shut off from human contact.
(c) Facing soldiers ordered to shoot her.
(d) Being sentenced to hard labor.

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

3. Where was the disintegrating effect of the British rule first felt in Burma?
(a) In the Shan Plateau.
(b) In western Burma.
(c) In upper Burma.
(d) In lower Burma.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Suu Kyi's interview with Karan Thapar in August 29, 1988, what does she state as her vision for her role in Burma?

2. What organization is holding the event that Suu Kyi wants people to act upon her request?

3. In Suu Kyi's interview with Karan Thapar in August 29, 1988, what is Suu Kyi's response to the offer made by President Maung to have a special party congress on September 12, 1988?

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

5. How did Aung San Suu Kyi travel when she describes the events in her letter to the editor dated January 21, 1989?

(see the answer key)

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