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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Section 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Suu Kyi, what brought the crowd together at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988?
(a) The "unshakable desire to strive for a multi-party democratic system"
(b) A "growing discontent among the people."
(c) A "showing of solidarity against the oppressive regime of Burma."
(d) A "desire for change."

2. According to Suu Kyi in her speech on December 3, 1988, for what do the people of Burma have a responsibility?
(a) For remaining steadfast in trying times.
(b) For following the course for democracy.
(c) For the welfare of their country.
(d) For monitoring their own conduct.

3. What human rights violation does Suu Kyi cite in her second letter to Amnesty International?
(a) Putting young children to work in factories.
(b) The imprisonment of those who speak against the government.
(c) Citizens being internally displaced.
(d) The involuntary conscription of young men.

4. "The Formation of a People's Committee" "earnestly requests" which of the following?
(a) That the authorities hold open and free elections.
(b) Adopt a free market economic system.
(c) The government form a multi-party legislative body.
(d) That the authorities stop using force and release all political prisoners.

5. What does Aung San Suu Kyi mean by courage in her speech delivered at a pagoda in Myitkyina, Kachin State on April 27, 1989?
(a) To do what is one's right even while afraid.
(b) To remain steadfast in the face of adversity.
(c) Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.
(d) To leave the familiar to embrace the new, yet unknown.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What difficulties did Suu Kyi refer to in her letter to the editor dated 14 April 1989?

3. According to Suu Kyi, What was Gandhi able to accomplish that Burma was unable to do?

4. Why was the disintegration of British rule felt more in this particular region of Burma?

5. In her undated letter to the United Nations, what is Suu Kyi's hope for the United Nation's role in Burma?

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