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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what was spontaneous?
(a) The response to notions like "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happpiness."
(b) The response to notions like "due process, a two-party system, and security"
(c) The response to notions like "right to work, food, and education."
(d) The response to notions like "representative government, human rights, and the rule of law."

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

3. Why does the nationalist theme in Indian literature appear earlier than Burmese literature?
(a) The British had censored the Burmese press during their initial occupation.
(b) The British were more domineering in India.
(c) The Indians had a stronger political orientation.
(d) Because India was colonized over a century earlier.

4. What war brought Burma under British rule?
(a) The Perak War.
(b) The Five Year War.
(c) The Opium War.
(d) The Anglo-Burmese War.

5. What was different about the human rights violation than previous circumstances that Suu Kyi cites in her second letter to Amnesty International?
(a) That it is occuring in broad daylight.
(b) That a person inside of the regime is speaking against these practices.
(c) That is involves children.
(d) That the incidences are increasing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Suu Kyi's interview with Karan Thapar in August 29, 1988, what does she state as her vision for her role in Burma?

2. Under what condition did Aung San vow he would resign his position as the leader of Burma?

3. How did British colonization occur in Burma?

4. When did political thinking in Burma get stalled?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Under what conditions would Aung San resign as leader of Burma?

2. Where was the disintegrating effect of British rule first felt in Burma?

3. Recite the general message of five of the points on the bulleted list of "The Formation of a People's Committee".

4. How were the British driven out of Burma during World War II?

5. In Suu Kyi's first letter addressed to Amnesty International, what solution does she propose to the organization?

6. How did the British attempt to pacify the Burmese after they obtained rule of the country?

7. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, when does the Western influence on Burmese language and literature become evident?

8. Where did the nationalism movement arise in Burma

9. What is the purpose of Aung San Suu Kyi's speech which she delivers to a mass rally at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon on 26 August 1988?

10. What was the popular response to such basic notions as "representative government, human rights, and the rule of law" in Burma?

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