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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does not allow fear to dictate behavior?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Power.
(c) Courage.
(d) Morality

2. Why were the Burmese people not ideal recipients of leftist literature during the 1930s?
(a) The Burmese were suspicious of outsiders.
(b) The literacy rate dropped during the British occupation, so not everyone could read the literature.
(c) There was little social exploitation and little poverty.
(d) There was a strong Fascist contingent in the country during that period.

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

4. What was the Freedom Bloc?
(a) A political party.
(b) A workers' union.
(c) A junta.
(d) A section of Burma free from British rule.

5. According Suu Kyi, who is oppressing the people of Burma?
(a) The military.
(b) The government's Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP).
(c) The people themselves.
(d) President Maung.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the leaders of the party that overthrew the Burmese government in 1962?

2. Suu Kyi writes that Aung San was NOT...

3. When was Aung San assassinated?

4. What did Party Chairman Ne Win, propose after a series of bloodshed and disturbances in 1988?

5. According to his daughter, what would have been abhorrent to Aung San?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did one British writing describe a condescending stance toward the Burmese?

2. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, how do Burma and India differ in their colonial heritage?

3. Where was the disintegrating effect of British rule first felt in Burma?

4. What was the position of the Burmese nationalists toward the British at the onset of World War II?

5. Which is the worst form of corruption and why?

6. What did Aung San's fellow university students think about him?

7. What does Aung San Suu Kyi observe about the theme of nationalism in Indian and Burmese literature?

8. Under what conditions would Aung San resign as leader of Burma?

9. What is the the quintessential difference between the rule of law in a democracy and under totalitarian rule?

10. According to Suu Kyi, what happened to political thought in Burma during the early twentieth century?

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