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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What advice does Aung San give in his inauguration speech?
2. Why does Amnesty International not come to Burma?
3. For Aung San Suu Kyi, how will the forces that produce inequities be conquered?
4. What happens to Suu Kyi's two letters addressed to Amnesty International?
5. What is the instrument of oppression in totalitarian regimes?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the Burmese government's response to the open letter titled "The Formation of a People's Committee" signed jointly by Aung San Suu Kyi and several other leading political figures?
2. Under what conditions would Aung San resign as leader of Burma?
3. Where did the nationalism movement arise in Burma
4. What was the popular response to such basic notions as "representative government, human rights, and the rule of law" in Burma?
5. Where was the disintegrating effect of British rule first felt in Burma?
6. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, when does the Western influence on Burmese language and literature become evident?
7. What is the purpose of Aung San Suu Kyi's speech which she delivers to a mass rally at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988?
8. How did the British attempt to pacify the Burmese after they obtained rule of the country?
9. What was the position of the Burmese nationalists toward the British at the onset of World War II?
10. What is the the quintessential difference between the rule of law in a democracy and under totalitarian rule?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the concept of family resonate in Burma? How does the concept of family relate to Suu Kyi personally and her political philosophy? How does this philosophy apply to the people of Burma as an extended family? Cite examples from the book in your response.
Essay Topic 2
The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. Explain what you think this statement means. Describe situations in Freedom from Fear and Other Writings in which this statement is applicable. Use examples from the book in your response.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the impact of Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest on the political situation in Burma by describing how different effects of her imprisonment work together to influence the state of political affairs. Cite examples from the book in your response.
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