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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People who have suffered from a bad government should be preoccupied with......?
(a) Reforming government.
(b) The theories of good government.
(c) Political philosophies.
(d) Revenge.

2. Who formed a new government after Aung San was assassinated?
(a) Aung San Suu Kyi.
(b) U Nu.
(c) Maung Aye.
(d) San Yu.

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

4. When does law and order gain intrinsic value?
(a) When law is enforced.
(b) When law is created by men with morals and integrity.
(c) When law is followed by all.
(d) When law is equated with justice and order.

5. Where was the disintegrating effect of the British rule first felt in Burma?
(a) In western Burma.
(b) In the Shan Plateau.
(c) In upper Burma.
(d) In lower Burma.

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

7. When did the Burmese nationalism movement reach a turning point?
(a) During the 1920s
(b) At the turn of the 20th century.
(c) During the Cold War.
(d) With the onset of World War II.

8. Who holds the burden of upholding justice and common decency where no rule of law prevails?
(a) The people.
(b) The police.
(c) The religious orders.
(d) The military.

9. What was the orientation of the political writings during the end of the British rule?
(a) Leftist.
(b) Centrist.
(c) Theocratic.
(d) Fascist.

10. Which of Aung San's relatives led one of the first groups resist the British occupation?
(a) His Brother, Ba Gyan.
(b) His Uncle, U Min Yaung.
(c) His Grandfather, Saw Lwin.
(d) His Father, Aung Thein.

11. When did political thinking in Burma become increasingly organized?
(a) During the 1980s
(b) During the 1940s
(c) During the early 1900s
(d) During the 1930s.

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

13. When was Aung San assassinated?
(a) When Aung San Suu Kyi was sixteen years old.
(b) When Aung San Suu Kyi was two years old.
(c) When Aung San Suu Kyi was ten years old.
(d) Before Aung San Suu Kyi was born.

14. In 1988 in Burma, what gave hope to the process of decline?
(a) A military coup.
(b) Intervention by the United Nations.
(c) An election.
(d) The democratic movement.

15. According to Suu Kyi, what brought the crowd together at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988?
(a) The "unshakable desire to strive for a multi-party democratic system"
(b) A "showing of solidarity against the oppressive regime of Burma."
(c) A "growing discontent among the people."
(d) A "desire for change."

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the purpose of the rally at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988?

2. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what was spontaneous?

3. In Suu Kyi's interview with Karan Thapar in August 29, 1988, Suu Kyi stated that her aim is "to help the people...?

4. According Suu Kyi, who is oppressing the people of Burma?

5. For Aung San Suu Kyi, how will the forces that produce inequities be conquered?

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