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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. In 1988 in Burma, what gave hope to the process of decline?
(a) Intervention by the United Nations.
(b) An election.
(c) The democratic movement.
(d) A military coup.

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

3. What percentage did the winning party take the elections in Burma in 1990?
(a) 80%
(b) 98%
(c) 55%
(d) 70%

4. What comparison does Suu Kyi make to the ongoing national crisis in 1988?
(a) The peasant revolts that have occurred throughout history.
(b) The democratic movement in China.
(c) The fallling of The Iron Curtain.
(d) The second struggle for national independence.

5. How did the Burmese initially view the Japanese?
(a) As liberators.
(b) As oppressors.
(c) As spies for the British.
(d) As allies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Burma Independence Army (BIA) formed?

2. In her speech delivered at a pagoda in Myitkyina, Kachin State on April 27, 1989, what does Suu Kyi stress to the ethnic groups in Burma?

3. What was a common theme in Burmese literature near the end of the British rule?

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

5. What landmark is in the region of Burma where the disintegration of British rule was felt?

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