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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Burma have few social problems?
(a) The country had a lot of natural resources.
(b) There was no social stratification.
(c) Because the British army maintained a tight control over the people.
(d) The Burmese people had a very strict moral code.

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

3. According to Suu Kyi, what is the Burmese government attempting to do in 1988?
(a) To adopt reforms.
(b) To quash rebellion.
(c) To regulate every aspect of public and private life.
(d) To promote anarchy.

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

5. What landmark is in the region of Burma where the disintegration of British rule was felt?
(a) Rangoon.
(b) Mount Popa
(c) The Bay of Bengal.
(d) Mandalay

6. What was Burma's main export?
(a) Rice.
(b) Gem stones.
(c) Timber.
(d) Spices.

7. At the end of Suu Kyi's speech at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988, she restates their common goal, which is
(a) To demand the release of all political prisoners.
(b) Freedom.
(c) A multi-party democracy.
(d) A government that is responsive to the people.

8. What was Aung San's objective after he resigned as military chief?
(a) To organize a grassroots resistance.
(b) To release political prisoners.
(c) To unite Burma's ethnic groups.
(d) To stabilize the economy.

9. What group was at the core of the Burma Independence Army (BIA)?
(a) The Thirty Comrades.
(b) The Gang of Four.
(c) The Twelve Angry Men.
(d) The Rangoon Seven.

10. 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.

11. What was the Freedom Bloc?
(a) A section of Burma free from British rule.
(b) A junta.
(c) A workers' union.
(d) A political party.

12. When did political thinking in Burma get stalled?
(a) By World War II.
(b) In 1962.
(c) During the Cold War.
(d) By World War I.

13. The passage written in 1908 negatively compares the Burmese to the following nationalities EXCEPT?
(a) Indian.
(b) The European.
(c) The Siamese.
(d) The Chinaman.

14. What was the Burmese approach to life during British occupation?
(a) The Burmese wanted to industrialize and urbanize.
(b) The Burmese developed a feudal system.
(c) The Burmese continued their village way of life.
(d) The Burmese developed a network of large towns.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the orientation of the political writings during the end of the British rule?

3. In 1988 in Burma, what gave hope to the process of decline?

4. What was one of Aung San's fantasies as a child?

5. When did the Burmese nationalism movement reach a turning point?

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