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Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Suu Kyi's interview with Karan Thapar in August 29, 1988, Suu Kyi stated that her aim is "to help the people...?
(a) Find the courage to stand up for their rights.
(b) Attain democracy without further violence or loss of life.
(c) Get on with their daily lives under the current circumstance.
(d) Overthrow the oppressive regime.

2. Suu Kyi writes that Aung San was NOT...
(a) A political idealogue.
(b) A political stuntman.
(c) A show horse.
(d) An attention seeker.

3. Who were the leaders of the party that overthrew the Burmese government in 1962?
(a) Farmers.
(b) The Japanese
(c) Students.
(d) Military generals.

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

5. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what is part of the unceasing human endeavor to prove?
(a) "To prove that the spirit of man can transcend the flaws of his own nature."
(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 It is the cumulative effect on their sustained effort and steady endurance which will change a nation."
(d) "To prove that the quintessential revolution is that of the spirit."

6. Why does hope return in Burma?
(a) Because "fear is not the natural state of civilized man."
(b) Because "the struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity."
(c) Because "human beings the world over need freedom and security."
(d) Because "peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation."

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

8. According to the letter, "The Formation of a People's Committee," what is not capable of reflecting the will of the people?
(a) A policy based on fear.
(b) A system that has decayed.
(c) The existing one-party system.
(d) A government that exerts its own will.

9. According to the letter, "The Formation of a People's Committee," people should...
(a) Resist any actions that are not in accord with the Declaration of Human Rights.
(b) Oppose any tyrrany.
(c) Earnestly promote good governance.
(d) Act in accord with the laws of the country.

10. Who influenced the Burmese in terms of philosophy?
(a) The Persians.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Indians.
(d) The Greeks.

11. Suu Kyi states in her speech at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988 that people should so which of the following?
(a) Create a solidarity to "resist the tyrrany."
(b) Strive forward together using "disciplined and peaceful means."
(c) To stage nationwide peaceful demonstrations to "draw attention to the unrest among the people."
(d) Be courageous and "weather the storms of change."

12. Why have others said that the Burmese are unfit to govern themselves?
(a) Because democracy is an alien concept to the Burmese.
(b) Because the Burmese have historically had a village government system.
(c) Because the Burmese are corrupt by nature.
(d) Because the Burmese are accustomed to being ruled by outsiders.

13. 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) A government that is responsive to the people.
(b) A multi-party democracy.
(c) To demand the release of all political prisoners.
(d) Freedom.

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

15. What human rights violation does Suu Kyi cite in her second letter to Amnesty International?
(a) Putting young children to work in factories.
(b) Citizens being internally displaced.
(c) The involuntary conscription of young men.
(d) The imprisonment of those who speak against the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Aung San want to achieve nationalism?

2. In Suu Kyi's interview with Karan Thapar in August 29, 1988, Suu Kyi explains what she means by Burma's need for a second struggle for independence, which is:

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

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

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

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