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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Section 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does law and order gain intrinsic value?
(a) When law is followed by all.
(b) When law is created by men with morals and integrity.
(c) When law is enforced.
(d) When law is equated with justice and order.

2. What was the Nobel Peace Prize committee's comments on the 1991 election in Burma?
(a) That the election was unfair.
(b) Some of the populace was denied their vote at the polling place.
(c) There should be a re-count of the ballots.
(d) The military regime had ignored the election results.

3. In Suu Kyi's letter to the editor dated 14 April 1989, what do the Burmese people deserve?
(a) A government that is "responsive, representative, and responsible."
(b) A coutry that is "vibrant, stable, and economically sound."
(c) More than the leading party's "inefficiency, corruption, and misuse of power."
(d) A future that is "safe, hopeful, and enduring."

4. 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) The government cannot build a system with nothing to support it.
(c) You need foreign investment, but the global community is currently boycotting Burma.
(d) Having economic development is useless when basic human rights are not being provided.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What other organizations has Suu Kyi made appeals about the violation of human rights in Burma?

2. According to Suu Kyi, what brought the crowd together at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988?

3. According to his daughter, what would have been abhorrent to Aung San?

4. In Suu Kyi's interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989, what does she describe as being poor?

5. What is the instrument of oppression in totalitarian regimes?

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