Quiz for Viewpoints 32.2: Dissidents Aung San Suu Kyi and Lin Xiaobo

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1. According to Aung San, what did she and Gandhi have in common?

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Correct: The answer is c. Aung San saw Gandhi and herself as “very different personalities,” but thought they had similar intrinsic qualities that prompted them to rise up against authoritarian rule.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Aung San saw Gandhi and herself as “very different personalities,” but thought they had similar intrinsic qualities that prompted them to rise up against authoritarian rule.
1. According to Aung San, what did she and Gandhi have in common?

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2. With which of these statements would Aung San agree?

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Correct: The answer is d. Aung San saw the struggle against authoritarianism as, in many ways, a struggle to overcome fear.
Incorrect: The answer is d. Aung San saw the struggle against authoritarianism as, in many ways, a struggle to overcome fear.
2. With which of these statements would Aung San agree?

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3. Which of these did Aung San and Liu Xiaobo share?

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Correct: The answer is c. Aung San argued that the courage to confront authoritarianism comes from the belief that “the condition of man is set on an ultimate course for both spiritual and material advancement.” Similarly, Liu Xiaobo expressed his “optimistic expectations of freedom coming to China in the future, because no force can block the human desire for freedom.”
Incorrect: The answer is c. Aung San argued that the courage to confront authoritarianism comes from the belief that “the condition of man is set on an ultimate course for both spiritual and material advancement.” Similarly, Liu Xiaobo expressed his “optimistic expectations of freedom coming to China in the future, because no force can block the human desire for freedom.”
3. Which of these did Aung San and Liu Xiaobo share?

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4. Which of these did Liu Xiaobo see as the foundation of human rights?

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Correct: The answer is a. As Liu Xiaobo put it, “freedom of expression is the basis of human rights, the source of humanity and the mother of truth.”
Incorrect: The answer is a. As Liu Xiaobo put it, “freedom of expression is the basis of human rights, the source of humanity and the mother of truth.”
4. Which of these did Liu Xiaobo see as the foundation of human rights?