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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political decision did Yue Daiyun make upon her return to Beida after her two-year absence?
(a) To avoid social issues and concentrate on her studies.
(b) To carefully select which social issues should involve her.
(c) To focus on social issues and her studies.
(d) To become a leader in the field of literary history.

2. What did Lao Tang conclude after being criticized himself?
(a) He had been wrongly criticized.
(b) People are unable to control their own fate.
(c) The Communist party was wrong.
(d) He was rightly criticized.

3. What group refused to obey Chairman Mao's directive to continue education?
(a) University teachers.
(b) High school and university students.
(c) University administrators.
(d) High school teachers and administrators.

4. What is an "ayi?"
(a) A domestic helper.
(b) A grandmother.
(c) A Communist party leader.
(d) An aunt.

5. What work assignment did Yue Daiyun receive upon returning to Beida after her two-year absence?
(a) Cutting stencils for supplementary materials.
(b) Working as a librarian.
(c) Teaching first-year students in literary history.
(d) Writing commentaries on poems of the Tang dynasty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did the struggle sessions have on Lao Chen, the literature department head?

2. What physical difficulty was brought on for Yue Daiyun and others by the famine in Zhaitang?

3. Where were 21 people killed in campus warfare?

4. How does the bride approach her husband's home in Chinese tradition?

5. What happened for the first time during the June 18th affair?

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