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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Section 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Aung San want to achieve nationalism?
(a) Constitutionally.
(b) Through non-violent resistance.
(c) With the assistance of the United Nations.
(d) Through force.

2. What organization is holding the event that Suu Kyi wants people to act upon her request?
(a) The Burmese Tribunal.
(b) The International Court of Justice.
(c) The Burmese Government.
(d) The United Nations General Assembly.

3. How does Suu Kyi conclude her first letter to Amnesty International?
(a) To act swiftly.
(b) To actively promote the situation in Burma worldwide.
(c) That everyone needs to work together to bring about change in Burma.
(d) To pass on any additional avenues to address the situation in Burma that she did not suggest.

4. Where was the Burma Independence Army (BIA) formed?
(a) Kuala Lumpur.
(b) Bangkok.
(c) Kyoto.
(d) Tokyo.

5. How did the British attempt to pacify the Burmese people during their rule?
(a) By emphasizing differences among the ethnic groups.
(b) By imposing curfews.
(c) By turing their backs on the corruption of local Burmese administrators.
(d) Through intermarriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the place Suu Kyi describes in her letter to the editor dated January 21, 1989 located?

2. What percentage did the winning party take the elections in Burma in 1990?

3. According to Suu Kyi, in her speech on December 3, 1988, what is the life expectancy of someone in a dictatorship?

4. What political party swept the elections in Burma in 1947?

5. Why were the Burmese people not ideal recipients of leftist literature during the 1930s?

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