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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. Who escorts Suu Kyi to the event she describes in her letter to the editor dated January 21, 1989?
(a) The people of Burma.
(b) Her sons.
(c) Her supporters.
(d) A flotilla of troops.

2. In Josef Silverstein's essay, what does a shopkeeper say about comparing Suu Kyi to the government leaders after attending one of her rallies?
(a) Her ideas seem to make sense.
(b) She is more persuasive.
(c) Suu Kyi would make a better leader.
(d) Every Burmese can agree on who is the better person.

3. What does Suu Kyi describe in her letter to the editor dated January 21, 1989?
(a) Her trip to Sandoway
(b) Her trip to Bassein.
(c) Her trip to Taunggyi
(d) Her trip to Magwe.

4. In Ma Than E's essay, who accepts the Sakharov award for Aung San Suu Kyi?
(a) U Than Tun.
(b) Suu Kyi's 13-year-old son Kim.
(c) Ma Than E.
(d) Suu Kyi's husband.

5. What was the Burmese government's initial approach toward Suu Kyi and her supporters mentioned in Josef Silverstein's essay?
(a) The government collected dossiers on Suu Kyi and her supporters.
(b) The government warned people to stay away from her rallies.
(c) They disregarded the events because they thought the movement would not take hold in Burma.
(d) The government monitored Suu Kyi's movements.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Ma Than E, when Suu Kyi was in Algiers, what was she more interested in than attending the parties to which she was invited?

3. What did Party Chairman Ne Win, propose after a series of bloodshed and disturbances in 1988?

4. Who was the first group of people to settle in Burma?

5. What was Burma's main export?

(see the answer key)

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