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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Yue Daiyun draw a line between herself and her husband's family?
(a) They were bourgeois intellectuals.
(b) They were outspoken anti-Communists.
(c) They were unlearned peasants.
(d) They were unkind to her.

2. What did Yue Daiyun believe the generation she was teaching had that hers lacked?
(a) Courage to fight for their convictions.
(b) Compassion for other students.
(c) Intelligence to understand the forces at work in society.
(d) Interest in public affairs.

3. Why did Yue Daiyun's sister-in-law insist that the family separate during meals?
(a) She didn't have time to prepare meals for the whole group.
(b) The children were affected by family arguments.
(c) Lao Tang had been declared a "big black element."
(d) She wanted to draw a line between her and Yue Daiyun.

4. What song did Yue Daiyun's brother use to comfort her while she was being criticized?
(a) "My Old Kentucky Home."
(b) "La Marseille."
(c) "La Donna est Mobile."
(d) "I Dream of Jeannie."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what did Lao Pan accuse Yue Daiyun?

2. How was Lao Wei exonerated from the rightist charge against him?

3. What political decision did Yue Daiyun make upon her return to Beida after her two-year absence?

4. What does Yue Daiyun do to comfort the injured Lao Shi?

5. Why was Yue Daiyun's sister-in-law's father imprisoned?

(see the answer key)

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