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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 are Suu Kyi's comments about economic development in her interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989?
(a) It must be preceded by fundamental political changes.
(b) Having economic development is useless when basic human rights are not being provided.
(c) You need foreign investment, but the global community is currently boycotting Burma.
(d) The government cannot build a system with nothing to support it.

2. In her speech delivered at a pagoda in Myitkyina, Kachin State on April 27, 1989, what does Suu Kyi stress to the ethnic groups in Burma?
(a) That the ethnic groups must work together to form a viable union.
(b) That their ethnic identities should be homogenized in order to have a more united front.
(c) That the groups should be strive to maintain their cultural identities.
(d) That democracy is the vehicle in which their ethnic backgrounds will be truly represented.

3. In her undated letter to the United Nations, what is Suu Kyi's hope for the United Nation's role in Burma?
(a) That the United Nations would draw worldwide attention to the human rights violations in Burma.
(b) That the United Nations can create conditions where people can express their views without fear of reprisal.
(c) That the United Nations could send a diplomatic corps to Burma for discussions with the military regime.
(d) That the United Nations Security Council would gather international military powers to defeat the regime in Burma.

4. In Ma Than E's essay, who accepts the Sakharov award for Aung San Suu Kyi?
(a) Suu Kyi's 13-year-old son Kim.
(b) Suu Kyi's husband.
(c) U Than Tun.
(d) Ma Than E.

5. In spite what conditions was Aung San Suu Kyi submitting her papers to stand for election in May 1990?
(a) She did not fit the basic qualifications for holding office.
(b) No hopes of winning the election.
(c) She had contracted tuberculosis.
(d) She had been detained for her political opinion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Suu Kyi in her letter dated 14 April 1989, who is causing the Burmese people problems?

3. According to Ann Pasternak Slater, what is Suu Kyi's quality that stands out the most?

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

5. Who was the Secretary General during the time Suu Kyi was working for the United Nations?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Joseph Silverstein, what was the military government's initial approach to Aung San Suu Kyi?

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

3. What is the parallel Suu Kyi draws between Burma's health and gaining democracy?

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

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

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

8. In Ma Than E's essay, what are her recollections about Aung San Suu Kyi' s childhood?

9. In a speech delivered at a pagoda in Myitkyina, Kachin State on April 27, 1989, what advice does Suu Kyi give for parents?

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

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