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

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

3. 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 was allowed visitors.
(c) Somone countermanded the order at the last minute.
(d) She heard a rumor that the Burmese government would have a dialogue.

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) Because of her name.
(c) She had a rigorous schedule for political rallies.
(d) She had a contact at the Burma national press.

5. 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?
(a) The history of Algiers.
(b) Sightseeing.
(c) Studying.
(d) The struggle for independence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Ann Pasternak Slater and Suu Kyi know each other as adults?

2. What does Suu Kyi find when she reaches her destination that she describes in her letter to the editor dated January 21, 1989?

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

4. In Suu Kyi's open letter dated September 26, 1988, what does she consider a "legitimate concern" for the international community?

5. What did the Nobel Peace Prize committee commend Aung San Suu Kyi for?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. In her letter to the editor dated Rangoon, 14 April 1989, what does Suu Kyi write about the soldiers in Burma?

7. What was the conclusion of the Norwegian committee's decision when they awarded Aung San Suu Kyi the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991?

8. What was Josef Silverstein's response to how Aung San Suu Kyi could become the spokesperson for a democratic movement in a matter of weeks?

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 are Suu Kyi's observations about the Burmese people?

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