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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 carefully select which social issues should involve her.
(b) To avoid social issues and concentrate on her studies.
(c) To focus on social issues and her studies.
(d) To become a leader in the field of literary history.

2. What first shook Yue Daiyun's faith in the Communist party?
(a) Facing criticism as a rightist.
(b) Criticism of Lao Tang's friendship with her.
(c) Realizing that the famine in 1959 was manmade.
(d) Being forced to criticize others.

3. Why was the poet Lin Zhao executed?
(a) Distributing underground literature.
(b) Secret subversive activity.
(c) Attacking Chairman Mao's policies.
(d) Poor quality poems.

4. Which two Beida groups refused to give ground and cooperate?
(a) Administrators and Nie Yuanzi.
(b) New Beida and Jinggang Mountain.
(c) Jinggang Mountain and Nie Yuanzi.
(d) Students and teachers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Yue Daiyun's long-awaited home visit depressing?

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

3. What caused the violence at Beida to abate?

4. What did Lao Tang conclude after being criticized himself?

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

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