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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What challenging assignment was Yue Daiyun given upon her return to teaching?
(a) Teaching Chinese to foreign students.
(b) Explicating Tang dynasty literature.
(c) Developing a political writing course.
(d) Teaching modern literature.

2. What should a good Communist always refuse to a class enemy, according to what Yue Daiyun was taught?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Financial assistance.
(d) Compassion.

3. What did Chairman Mao seem to be encouraging in 1956?
(a) A move to the right.
(b) Open criticism of the Communist party.
(c) Individuality.
(d) Capitalism

4. What was the rationale for putting literature students to hard physical labor?
(a) To help them understand and unite with the workers.
(b) To get them away from violence on campus.
(c) To provide them material about which to write.
(d) To help them develop better physical conditioning.

5. What caused the famine in Zhaitang during the autumn of 1959?
(a) Drought.
(b) Lack of seeds.
(c) Refusal of the peasant workers to cooperate.
(d) Mismanagement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the commune at Zhaitang produce for income?

2. What does the name "Lao" mean in Mandarin Chinese?

3. Why were many Chinese angry at the U.S. in 1951?

4. What objection did Communist party members have to the French novel, The Red and the Black?

5. Why did Old Uncle say that he shared food with Yue Daiyun rather than eating it himself?

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