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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Section 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The passage written in 1908 negatively compares the Burmese to the following nationalities EXCEPT?
(a) The Siamese.
(b) The European.
(c) The Chinaman.
(d) Indian.

2. What political party swept the elections in Burma in 1947?
(a) Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL).
(b) National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB).
(c) Democratic Party for a New Society (DPFNS).
(d) Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA).

3. What is the political party that overthrew the Burmese government in 1962?
(a) The Kuki Students Democratic Front (KSDF)
(b) The Unity and Development Party (UDP)
(c) Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP)
(d) National League for Democracy (NLD)

4. Who formed a new government after Aung San was assassinated?
(a) Aung San Suu Kyi.
(b) San Yu.
(c) Maung Aye.
(d) U Nu.

5. Why was the Burmese populace largely literate?
(a) Because compulsory school was ordered by the Burmese ruler.
(b) Because reading was taught in the home.
(c) Because the Burmese people had attended monastery schools.
(d) Children were encouraged to get a good education so they could attend a foreign university.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group did Aung San form in 1942?

2. Where did the nationalism movement in Burma get its roots?

3. When was Burma eventually granted its independence by the British?

4. When did the Burmese nationalism movement reach a turning point?

5. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what was spontaneous?

(see the answer key)

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