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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Section 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form of literature became increasingly popular in Burma near the end of the British rule?
(a) Short Stories.
(b) Biographies.
(c) Histories.
(d) Philosophical works.

2. According to his daughter, what would have been abhorrent to Aung San?
(a) Ignorance and disinterest.
(b) Deceit and political guile.
(c) Violence and immoral acts.
(d) Greed and ill will.

3. According to Suu Kyi, in her speech on December 3, 1988, what is the life expectancy of someone in a dictatorship?
(a) Seventy-five years.
(b) Seventy years.
(c) Sixty years.
(d) Fifty years.

4. Who were the leaders of the party that overthrew the Burmese government in 1962?
(a) The Japanese
(b) Students.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Military generals.

5. What also developed along with the western influence on Burmese language and literature?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Urbanism.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what is part of the unceasing human endeavor to prove?

2. How does Suu Kyi address the fact that people are afraid in her speech delivered at a pagoda in Myitkyina, Kachin State on April 27, 1989?

3. What solution does Suu Kyi propose to Amnesty International in her first letter addressed to them?

4. What can authorities in Burma do without due process?

5. Which country had formed a similar committee that is being proposed in "The Formation of a People's Committee"?

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