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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. What group was at the core of the Burma Independence Army (BIA)?
(a) The Twelve Angry Men.
(b) The Gang of Four.
(c) The Thirty Comrades.
(d) The Rangoon Seven.

2. What was Aung San's objective after he resigned as military chief?
(a) To release political prisoners.
(b) To unite Burma's ethnic groups.
(c) To organize a grassroots resistance.
(d) To stabilize the economy.

3. According to Aung San Suu Kyi, what is part of the unceasing human endeavor to prove?
(a) "To prove that the spirit of man can transcend the flaws of his own nature."
(b) "To prove It is the cumulative effect on their sustained effort and steady endurance which will change a nation."
(c) "To prove that there is a compelling need for a closer relationship between politics and ethics at both the national and international levels."
(d) "To prove that the quintessential revolution is that of the spirit."

4. According to Suu Kyi, what is the Burmese government attempting to do in 1988?
(a) To regulate every aspect of public and private life.
(b) To promote anarchy.
(c) To quash rebellion.
(d) To adopt reforms.

5. In 1988 in Burma, what gave hope to the process of decline?
(a) Intervention by the United Nations.
(b) A military coup.
(c) An election.
(d) The democratic movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Burma's main export?

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

3. What is NOT one of the four types of corruption identified by Aung San Suu Kyi?

4. Which is not a Burmese ethnic group?

5. When did political thinking in Burma become increasingly organized?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when democratic rights were lost to dictatorship in 1962 in Burma?

2. What was the Freedom Bloc's message?

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

4. According to Suu Kyi, what happened to political thought in Burma during the early twentieth century?

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

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

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

8. What is the the quintessential difference between the rule of law in a democracy and under totalitarian rule?

9. What was the Burmese government's response to the open letter titled "The Formation of a People's Committee" signed jointly by Aung San Suu Kyi and several other leading political figures?

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

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