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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. What does Suu Kyi find when she reaches her destination that she describes in her letter to the editor dated January 21, 1989?
(a) There is graffitti with messages of support.
(b) The residents have lined the streets with flowers.
(c) The streets are blocked off.
(d) She is denied entry by the army.

2. Which is worst out of the four types of corruption?
(a) Fear.
(b) Ill will.
(c) Desire.
(d) Greed.

3. In Suu Kyi's interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989, what is her response to the question about whether she thinks the authorities will move against her?
(a) She has learned of some plans being made by the government.
(b) They already have.
(c) It would not surprise her.
(d) She does not believe so.

4. According to Josef Silverstein, how did Aung San Suu Kyi become the spokesperson for a democratic movement in a matter of weeks?
(a) She had a contact at the Burma national press.
(b) She had a rigorous schedule for political rallies.
(c) Because of her name.
(d) The NLD party leaders promoted her.

5. What form of literature became increasingly popular in Burma near the end of the British rule?
(a) Biographies.
(b) Histories.
(c) Philosophical works.
(d) Short Stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can authorities in Burma do without due process?

2. What event brought Aung San's name into prominence in the Burmese nationalism movement?

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

4. Why does hope return in Burma?

5. Why was the Burmese populace largely literate?

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