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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened after Suu Kyi submitted her papers to stand for election in May 1990?
(a) The papers were lost.
(b) The military regime disallowed her candidacy.
(c) Her name was put on the ballot.
(d) There was another military coup.

2. According to Suu Kyi in her undated letter to the United Nations, for what offenses are political prisoners being held?
(a) For offenses that are a threat to the State.
(b) For false offenses.
(c) For valid offenses.
(d) For flimsy offenses.

3. Where do Ann Pasternak Slater and Aung San Suu Kyi first meet?
(a) They attended Oxford together.
(b) While working at the United Nations.
(c) Ann Pasternak's father was a diplomat in India.
(d) At a party in Algiers.

4. Who escorts Suu Kyi to the event she describes in her letter to the editor dated January 21, 1989?
(a) Her sons.
(b) The people of Burma.
(c) Her supporters.
(d) A flotilla of troops.

5. In spite what conditions was Aung San Suu Kyi submitting her papers to stand for election in May 1990?
(a) No hopes of winning the election.
(b) She did not fit the basic qualifications for holding office.
(c) She had contracted tuberculosis.
(d) She had been detained for her political opinion.

6. What was the Nobel Peace Prize committee's comments on the 1991 election in Burma?
(a) Some of the populace was denied their vote at the polling place.
(b) There should be a re-count of the ballots.
(c) The military regime had ignored the election results.
(d) That the election was unfair.

7. According to Ann Pasternak Slater, what is one of Suu Kyi's talents?
(a) She is a talented artist.
(b) She is a fantastic swimmer.
(c) She is a seamstress.
(d) She has a beautiful singing voice.

8. In her speech delivered at a pagoda in Myitkyina, Kachin State on April 27, 1989, what advice does Suu Kyi give to parents?
(a) To teach children to respect others' rights through thoughts and actions.
(b) To keep their children hidden so they will not be conscripted into the military.
(c) To plant the thoughts of democracy in their childrens' minds.
(d) Teach children both justice and compassion.

9. What are Suu Kyi's comments about economic development in her interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989?
(a) Having economic development is useless when basic human rights are not being provided.
(b) It must be preceded by fundamental political changes.
(c) The government cannot build a system with nothing to support it.
(d) You need foreign investment, but the global community is currently boycotting Burma.

10. Which one of the following is NOT one of the things that Suu Kyi emphasizes in her speech on December 1988?
(a) Everyone must work together for democracy.
(b) Loyalties and allegiances should not be to individuals or groups.
(c) Everyone must maintain hope.
(d) Loyalties and allegiances should not be short-term.

11. What are Suu Kyi's comments about the SLORC in an interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989?
(a) "They are making inroads toward setting up a dialogue about holding elections.
(b) They are inefficient and their system will collapse under their own corruption.
(c) They can't be trusted to set up a democratically elected government.
(d) They are making strides in moving toward a multi-party system.

12. What did the Nobel Peace Prize committee conclude about Aung San Suu Kyi?
(a) That she is a force for peace.
(b) That she is a person of high character and a true leader.
(c) That she was one of the greatest examples of civic courage in Asia in decades.
(d) That she stands head and shoulders above most leaders of the people.

13. In her letter to the editor dated 14 April 1989, what was the result of the difficulties that Suu Kyi encountered?
(a) The United Nation was investigating the alleged charges of human rights violations.
(b) She heard a rumor that the Burmese government would have a dialogue.
(c) Somone countermanded the order at the last minute.
(d) She was allowed visitors.

14. In an interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989, what is Suu Kyi's response to the question, "what would happen after the elections, if there were elections?"
(a) "We shall see if justice would be served."
(b) "We would never have an election."
(c) "We don't know. This is the problem."
(d) "The NLD would win by a landslide."

15. How does Aung San Suu Kyi conclude her speech that she delivered at a pagoda in Myitkyina, Kachin State on April 27, 1989?
(a) The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the good.
(b) I accept chaos, I am not sure whether it accepts me.
(c) Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
(d) They are all comrades in the struggle for democratic rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to Ma Than E, when Suu Kyi was in Algiers, what was she more interested in than attending the parties to which she was invited?

3. What was the Burmese government's initial approach toward Suu Kyi and her supporters mentioned in Josef Silverstein's essay?

4. What was the second reason why Suu Kyi submitted her papers for candidacy for the election in May 1990?

5. What did the Nobel Peace Prize committee determine about Suu Kyi when they selected her for the award?

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