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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 percentage did the winning party take the elections in Burma in 1990?
2. What organization is holding the event that Suu Kyi wants people to act upon her request?
3. In Suu Kyi's interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989, what does she describe as being poor?
4. What happened to Aung San Su Kyi's party in the election in May 1990?
5. What did the Nobel Peace Prize committee conclude about Aung San Suu Kyi?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ann Pasternak Slater describe Aung San Suu Kyi?
2. 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?
3. In Suu Kyi's letter to the editor dated Rangoon, 14 April 1989, what does she affirm about her cause?
4. What does Ma Than E write about Aung San Suu Kyi's return to Burma and the situation in the country at that time?
5. In an interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989 what are Suu Kyi's observations about the Burmese people?
6. According to Joseph Silverstein, what was the military government's initial approach to Aung San Suu Kyi?
7. In her letter to the editor dated Rangoon, 14 April 1989, what does Suu Kyi write about the soldiers in Burma?
8. In Ma Than E's essay, what are her recollections about Aung San Suu Kyi' s childhood?
9. 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?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Suu Kyi's philosophy of government. How can these principles be applied to Burma? Use examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
In Freedom from Fear, and Other Writings, Aung San Suu Kyi presents a template for for achieving a multi-party democracy. What are the components of that template? Use evidence from the book in your response.
Essay Topic 3
How were the military leaders in Burma different than the imperialist leaders that the populace had experienced before? How were they the same? Use examples from the book.
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