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

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

3. According to Suu Kyi, in her speech on December 3, 1988, what is the life expectancy of someone in a dictatorship?
(a) Sixty years.
(b) Seventy years.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) Seventy-five years.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Suu Kyi's open letter dated September 26, 1988, what occasion does she want people to act upon her request ?

2. Where do Ann Pasternak Slater and Aung San Suu Kyi first meet?

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

4. What percentage did the winning party take the elections in Burma in 1990?

5. Which one of the following is NOT one of the things that Suu Kyi emphasizes in her speech on December 1988?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does Ma Than E write about Aung San Suu Kyi's return to Burma and the situation in the country at that time?

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

5. In a speech delivered at a pagoda in Myitkyina, Kachin State on April 27, 1989, how does Suu Kyi respond to the knowledge that people are afraid?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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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