Base your answer to question 39 on the poem
below and on your knowledge of social studies.
In The Quiet Land
(by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi)
In the Quiet Land, no one can tell
if there’s someone who’s listening
for secrets they can sell.
The informers are paid in the blood of the land
and no one dares speak what the tyrants won’t stand.
In the quiet land of Burma,
no one laughs and no one thinks out loud.
In the quiet land of Burma,
you can hear it in the silence of the crowd.…
The author is using this poem to condemn
(1) oppression (3) nonviolence
(2) illiteracy (4) containment



Answer :

The author is using this poem to condemn "oppression" which can be understood by his use of the words having to do with secrecy, which is usually symptom of oppression.