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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was significant when the Nobel Peace Prize committee made their determination for Suu Kyi to win the award?
(a) She was the first person from Burma to win this prestigious award.
(b) Her commitment to non-violent resistance.
(c) Her phenominal progress in a short amount of time.
(d) Having the respect of the global community.

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

3. According to Suu Kyi, in her speech on December 3, 1988, would the life expectancy be of the Burmese people in a democracy?
(a) Sixty years.
(b) Eighty years.
(c) Seventy-five years.
(d) Seventy years.

4. According to Josef Silverstein, how did Aung San Suu Kyi become the spokesperson for a democratic movement in a matter of weeks?
(a) The NLD party leaders promoted her.
(b) She had a contact at the Burma national press.
(c) She had a rigorous schedule for political rallies.
(d) Because of her name.

5. What did the Nobel Peace Prize committee commend Aung San Suu Kyi for?
(a) Her popularity among the people of Burma as a political leader.
(b) Her personal sacrifice.
(c) Her perserverance.
(d) Her work reconciling Burma's ethnic groups.

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

7. In Suu Kyi's undated letter to the United Nations, she states that the policy of the NLD is to
(a) Uphold and respect all just laws.
(b) Usurp the power of the current government.
(c) Advocate for human rights.
(d) To promote a multi-party system in Burma.

8. What organization is holding the event that Suu Kyi wants people to act upon her request?
(a) The Burmese Government.
(b) The United Nations General Assembly.
(c) The International Court of Justice.
(d) The Burmese Tribunal.

9. In Ma Than E's essay, which is NOT a habit that Suu Kyi's mother practiced at home?
(a) She raised her children as Buddhists.
(b) She taught the children by example.
(c) She taught the children about Burmese history.
(d) She reminded her children of her father's legacy.

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

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

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

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

14. In Suu Kyi's letter to the editor dated 14 April 1989, who changed the result of Suu Kyi's difficulties?
(a) That Myint Aung.
(b) A major.
(c) A cadre of generals.
(d) The Secretary General of the United Nations.

15. How was Suu Kyi human according to Ann Pasternak Slater?
(a) She was klutzy.
(b) She was a very simple person.
(c) She had self-doubts.
(d) She had her frustrations and triumphs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened after Suu Kyi submitted her papers to stand for election in May 1990?

2. What are Suu Kyi's comments about economic development in her interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989?

3. In Suu Kyi's speech on December 3, 1988, what are Suu Kyi's beliefs about democracy in Burma?

4. In her letter to the editor dated 14 April 1989, what was the result of the difficulties that Suu Kyi encountered?

5. Who does Suu Kyi ask to press about the human rights violations in Burma in her open letter dated September 26, 1988?

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