Life and Death in Shanghai Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Nien Cheng
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 146 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Life and Death in Shanghai Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Nien Cheng
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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 direction did Cheng's cell face at No. 1 Detention House?
(a) East.
(b) Northwest.
(c) West.
(d) Southwest.

2. What part of her house was Cheng locked in while the Red Guard looted her home?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) Dining room.
(c) Meiping's room.
(d) Her bedroom.

3. When Cheng went upstairs to use the bathroom during the looting of her home, what was a young man about to step on and break?
(a) Celadon pottery.
(b) A blanc de chine Goddess of Mercy.
(c) Chinese porcelain.
(d) A Kangxi winecup.

4. What day of the week were prisoners in No. 1 Detention House allowed to have brooms?
(a) Sundays.
(b) Fridays.
(c) Mondays.
(d) Saturdays.

5. What watch is missing when the Red Guards ask Cheng to inventory her jewelry?
(a) A British Watch.
(b) Her husband's watch.
(c) A Swiss watch.
(d) A German watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often did Cheng travel to Hong Kong when she worked at Shell?

2. How many rooms and bathrooms were in Cheng's house?

3. When was the Ninth Party Congress held in Beijing?

4. How many men were in the interrogation room when Cheng was taken for her first interrogation?

5. When was Mao's essay "On the Dictatorship of the People's Democracy" published?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Xiao Xu tell Cheng that she and Meiping should flee to Hong Kong?

2. How were the inmates' sheets laundered at No. 1 Detention House?

3. What was the delay in activating the Cultural Revolution?

4. After the Cultural Revolution was launched, why did Cheng decide not to apply for a travel permit to Hong Kong?

5. Why did it trouble Cheng that she was put in a ward with surgical cases?

6. What nightmare did Cheng have in Chapter 6?

7. Why didn't Cheng believe that her cellmate received the death penalty?

8. What was Cheng's job at the Shell Petroleum Company?

9. What advice did Mr. Hu come to give Cheng in Chapter 2?

10. What damage did Xiao Xu, a schoolteacher friend of Meiping's, report that the Red Guards were perpetrating in Shanghai?

(see the answer keys)

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