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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Section 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why have others said that the Burmese are unfit to govern themselves?
(a) Because democracy is an alien concept to the Burmese.
(b) Because the Burmese are corrupt by nature.
(c) Because the Burmese are accustomed to being ruled by outsiders.
(d) Because the Burmese have historically had a village government system.

2. Although the Burmese government refused to acknowledge the document, "The Formation of a People's Committee," the government did which of the following?
(a) Formed a commission "to ascertain the aspirations of the people."
(b) Allowed the formation of new political parties.
(c) Dispatched representatives "to listen to citizens' discussions in the villages."
(d) Rounded up and imprisoned the authors of the document.

3. What was the orientation of the political writings during the end of the British rule?
(a) Centrist.
(b) Theocratic.
(c) Leftist.
(d) Fascist.

4. Where is the place Suu Kyi describes in her letter to the editor dated January 21, 1989 located?
(a) On the Bay of Bengal.
(b) In the Arakan Mountains.
(c) On the Irrawaddy Delta.
(d) On the Shan Plateau.

5. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, when did the western influence on Burmese language and literature become evident?
(a) During the beginning of the twentieth century.
(b) During the middle part of the nineteenth century.
(c) During the latter part of the nineteenth century.
(d) During the middle part of the twentieth century.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Suu Kyi's speech at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988, she restates their common goal, which is

2. What group became the voice for Burmese nationalism?

3. What was different about the human rights violation than previous circumstances that Suu Kyi cites in her second letter to Amnesty International?

4. According to Suu Kyi in her undated letter to the United Nations, why does the NLD not seek confrontation?

5. What was the Freedom Bloc?

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