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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. In a letter to the editor after the speech delivered at a pagoda in Myitkyina, Kachin State on April 27, 1989, what does Aung San Suu Kyi reveal?
(a) She did not feel worthy of the people's trust and affection.
(b) Her father, Aung San, would feel proud of the peoples' tenacity in working toward democracy.
(c) She is uncertain how much longer that she can withstand the pressure the military government in placing on her.
(d) The she envisions that Burma will have a democratic government in her lifetime.

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

3. According to Suu Kyi in her undated letter to the United Nations, why does the NLD not seek confrontation?
(a) Because it violates their philosophy of non-violence.
(b) Because the United Nations would dismiss their cause.
(c) Because it can bring only more suffering to a populace.
(d) Because it does not have the manpower and artillery that the military has.

4. What happened to Aung San Su Kyi's party in the election in May 1990?
(a) Her party concusively won the election.
(b) The party leaders were executed.
(c) Her party lost the election.
(d) Her party did not appear on the ballot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Suu Kyi describe in her letter to the editor dated January 21, 1989?

2. What are Suu Kyi's comments about the SLORC in an interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989?

3. In her undated letter to the United Nations, Suu Kyi distinguishes between

4. In Suu Kyi's open letter dated September 26, 1988, when was the occasion to address human rights violations to occur?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the implications of Suu Kyi discussing life expectancy in Burma in her speech on December 13, 1988?

2. How does Aung San Suy Kyi conclude her letter to the editor she wrote on January 21, 1989?

3. In Suu Kyi's letter to the editor dated Rangoon, 14 April 1989, what does she affirm about her cause?

4. What does Suu Kyi suggest in her open letter dated September 26,1988?

5. In an undated letter to the United Nations, what does Aung San Suu Kyi state as the policy of the National League for Democracy?

6. What happened after Aung San Suu Kyi submitted her written agreement to stand for election in May 1990?

7. In an interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989 what are Suu Kyi's observations about the Burmese people?

8. How did Ann Pasternak Slater first meet Aung San Suu Kyi?

9. What reasons did the Norwegian committee give when they awarded Aung San Suu Kyi the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991?

10. In an interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989, what is Suu Kyi's response to the question what she thought would happen after the elections, if there were elections?

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