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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. For Aung San Suu Kyi, how will the forces that produce inequities be conquered?
(a) Out of a spiritual revolution.
(b) By an uprising of the people.
(c) Through an international tribunal.
(d) Through non-violent resistance.

2. What does not allow fear to dictate behavior?
(a) Power.
(b) Morality
(c) Courage.
(d) Ignorance.

3. Although the Burmese government refused to acknowledge the document, "The Formation of a People's Committee," the government did which of the following?
(a) Formed a commission "to ascertain the aspirations of the people."
(b) Allowed the formation of new political parties.
(c) Rounded up and imprisoned the authors of the document.
(d) Dispatched representatives "to listen to citizens' discussions in the villages."

4. In Suu Kyi's interview with Karan Thapar in August 29, 1988, what does she state as her vision for her role in Burma?
(a) She will look for ways in which she can be most of service.
(b) She will lead from behind the scenes.
(c) She wants to become a leader as great as her father.
(d) She will hand the reigns of the leadership over to the party chairman.

5. In an interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989, what is Suu Kyi's response to the question, "what would happen after the elections, if there were elections?"
(a) "We would never have an election."
(b) "We shall see if justice would be served."
(c) "The NLD would win by a landslide."
(d) "We don't know. This is the problem."

Short Answer Questions

1. What was different about the human rights violation than previous circumstances that Suu Kyi cites in her second letter to Amnesty International?

2. What advice does Aung San give in his inauguration speech?

3. What impact did the British occupation have on the Burmese language groups?

4. What was the purpose of the rally at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988?

5. How did Aung San want to achieve nationalism?

(see the answer key)

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