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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about Burmese culture enabled Aung San Suu Kyi to become the spokesperson for a democratic movement in Burma, according to Josef Silverstein?
(a) Burma is rooted in tradition.
(b) Burma has an egalitarian culture.
(c) The Burmese like to support the underdog.
(d) Burma is a country rooted in Buddhist principles.

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

3. What was one of the reasons why Suu Kyi submitted her papers for candidacy for the election in May 1990?
(a) "To bring Burma to a level of honour."
(b) "To honour her father who bravely led Burma to independence."
(c) "To honour the courage and perseverance of the people who are striving for democracy."
(d) "To have an honourable and just leader for the people of Burma."

4. According to Suu Kyi in her speech on December 3, 1988, for what do the people of Burma have a responsibility?
(a) For following the course for democracy.
(b) For the welfare of their country.
(c) For remaining steadfast in trying times.
(d) For monitoring their own conduct.

5. How do Ann Pasternak Slater and Suu Kyi know each other as adults?
(a) They collaborate on political treatise.
(b) They encounter each other at conferences.
(c) Their husbands are colleagues.
(d) They are neighbors.

6. What other organizations has Suu Kyi made appeals about the violation of human rights in Burma?
(a) Internation Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and the Lautaro Lodge.
(b) Amnesty International and the National Commission of Jurists.
(c) Human Rights Watch and Genocide Watch.
(d) Commonweath of Nations and No Peace Without Justice.

7. How does Suu Kyi address the fact that people are afraid in her speech delivered at a pagoda in Myitkyina, Kachin State on April 27, 1989?
(a) Being fearful only invites more oppression.
(b) Letting the regime know they are fearful will indicate that they have succeeded.
(c) That the people need to face their fears and continue moving forward.
(d) Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

8. What percentage did the winning party take the elections in Burma in 1990?
(a) 80%
(b) 98%
(c) 55%
(d) 70%

9. In Suu Kyi's open letter dated September 26, 1988, what occasion does she want people to act upon her request ?
(a) The next meeting of the Burmese State Peace and Development Council.
(b) The General Debate.
(c) The trial of seven innocents.
(d) A visit by the director of the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights.

10. What about Aung San Suu Kyi's personal characteristics exalted her to become the spokesperson for the democratic movement in Burma, according to Josef Silverstein?
(a) Her eloquence.
(b) Her political savvy.
(c) Her intelligence.
(d) Her modesty.

11. According to Ma Than E, what became a preoccupation when Suu Kyi accompanied her mother to New Delhi?
(a) Reading.
(b) Buddhist practices.
(c) Political struggles.
(d) The theories of government.

12. 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 don't know. This is the problem."
(c) "The NLD would win by a landslide."
(d) "We would never have an election."

13. How did Suu Kyi conclude her letter to the editor dated January 21,1989?
(a) That Mying Aung "is going to get it."
(b) That Myint Aung "will get a good run for his money."
(c) That Myint Aung "will get what's coming to him."
(d) That Myint Aung "will get his just desserts."

14. Why was Aung san Su Kyi awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991?
(a) For the holding and promotion of peace congresses.
(b) She has done the best work for the fraternity between nations.
(c) For the reduction of standing armies.
(d) For her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Suu Kyi, in her speech on December 3, 1988, would the life expectancy be of the Burmese people in a democracy?

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

3. In Suu Kyi's letter to the editor dated 14 April 1989, who changed the result of Suu Kyi's difficulties?

4. What did the Nobel Peace Prize committee conclude about Aung San Suu Kyi?

5. In Ma Than E's essay, why did Suu Kyi leave London for Rangoon?

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