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. Where did Li Zhen's children live?
(a) Australia.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Britain.
(d) Hong Kong.

2. When Cheng was taken to a struggle meeting on July 4, 1966, who was the target of the meeting?
(a) Tao Feng.
(b) Qi Baishi.
(c) Deng Xiaoping.
(d) Chen Yun.

3. What year did Mr. Hu start the business that later was turned over to the Communists?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1927.

4. Who did Cheng quote when the interrogator said that one of Mao's quotes was not meant to refer to her?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Deng Xiaoping.
(c) Han Suyin.
(d) Marshal Lin Biao.

5. Where did Mao get the gift that he sent to workers at Qinghua University in August of 1968?
(a) Indian's foreign minister.
(b) Pakistan's foreign minister.
(c) Thailand's foreign minister.
(d) Australia's foreign minister.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Cheng's struggle meeting, the man in the tinted glasses told how many Chinese were killed in the eight year war with Japan. How many Chinese were killed?

2. What business did Mr. Hu own until 1956?

3. What type of flowers were in a Qjanlong vase on Cheng's desk?

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

5. What had Cheng's servant Lao-zhao left for her on a tray on a coffee table on July 3, 1966?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Cheng gain a moral advantage over her interrogator and reinforce her self-confidence?

2. What accusations did the interrogator make against Cheng in Chapter 6?

3. How did the bout of pneumonia that Cheng suffered in the winter of 1967 lead to her rapid physical deterioration?

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

5. What was one old man's experience with a "rotating struggle"?

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

7. How was evidence manufactured against Liu Shaoqi?

8. What did Mr. Hu say about Communist Party officials and an inferiority complex?

9. How did Xiao Xu escape to Hong Kong?

10. What did Cheng do to try to discipline herself with physical and mental exercise?

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