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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the Burmese populace largely literate?
(a) Because compulsory school was ordered by the Burmese ruler.
(b) Because the Burmese people had attended monastery schools.
(c) Because reading was taught in the home.
(d) Children were encouraged to get a good education so they could attend a foreign university.

2. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what is part of the unceasing human endeavor to prove?
(a) "To prove It is the cumulative effect on their sustained effort and steady endurance which will change a nation."
(b) "To prove that there is a compelling need for a closer relationship between politics and ethics at both the national and international levels."
(c) "To prove that the spirit of man can transcend the flaws of his own nature."
(d) "To prove that the quintessential revolution is that of the spirit."

3. What political party swept the elections in Burma in 1947?
(a) Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL).
(b) National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB).
(c) Democratic Party for a New Society (DPFNS).
(d) Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA).

4. What is NOT one of the four types of corruption identified by Aung San Suu Kyi?
(a) Fear.
(b) Desire.
(c) Ill will.
(d) Greed.

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.

6. Where did the nationalism movement in Burma get its roots?
(a) At the university.
(b) In Rangoon.
(c) By expatriates in Bangkok
(d) In the villages.

7. In terms of outsiders, who represented a bigger change than the British?
(a) The Japanese and the Koreans.
(b) The Indians and Chinese.
(c) The Portuguese and the Dutch.
(d) The Americans and the Canadians.

8. Why was the disintegration of British rule felt more in this particular region of Burma?
(a) Because the people in that region had overthrown outside rule in its past.
(b) Because it was the center of British rule.
(c) There was a higher population density.
(d) Because it was too remote.

9. What is the political party that overthrew the Burmese government in 1962?
(a) National League for Democracy (NLD)
(b) The Kuki Students Democratic Front (KSDF)
(c) Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP)
(d) The Unity and Development Party (UDP)

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

11. Who have taken on their traditional role as mentors?
(a) The Indians.
(b) The Buddhist sanha.
(c) The United Nations.
(d) The British.

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

13. What happens to Suu Kyi's two letters addressed to Amnesty International?
(a) They are intercepted by the military regime.
(b) They are copied and forwarded to Suu Kyi's family.
(c) They are printed in the New York Times.
(d) They are received by Amnesty International.

14. What advice does Aung San give in his inauguration speech?
(a) To break down the barriers between Burmese people.
(b) To seek a balance between passion and steadfastness.
(c) If we desire really to know the true economic and financial position in the country, it is not by superficial observations .
(d) Do not blame imperialism for their current ills.

15. What solution does Suu Kyi propose to Amnesty International in her first letter addressed to them?
(a) To have a massive world-wide letter writing campaign to highlight the human rights violation in Burma.
(b) To have world ministers voice their concerns about Burma.
(c) To visit Burma to bear witness to the human rights violations that are occurring.
(d) To have the United Nations Security Council intervene.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to his daughter, what would have been abhorrent to Aung San?

2. In "Belief in Burma's Future," what is Suu Kyi's fear about the army in Burma?

3. What human rights violation does Suu Kyi cite in her second letter to Amnesty International?

4. What was the Burmese peoples' general attitude toward the British?

5. What was Aung San's response to his fame in 1942?

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