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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How was Beida preparing for nuclear war in 1972?
(a) Digging air raid shelters.
(b) Establishing diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
(c) Hiding a nuclear arsenal.
(d) Designing nuclear weapons.

3. What shocked Yue Daiyun upon her return to Beida?
(a) The campus was being closed.
(b) The campus had fallen into disrepair.
(c) The campus had been beautified.
(d) There were not enough students to justify continuing the university.

4. Why were the students at the cadre school in Liyuzhou not enthused about their prospects there?
(a) There would be no time for study.
(b) There were no competent teachers.
(c) There were no libraries, books, or paper.
(d) They didn't see the purpose of formal education.

5. What did the famous "32 Cadres and Teachers" poster assert?
(a) That Jinggang Mountain was correct.
(b) That Nie Yuanzi was correct.
(c) That Jinggang Mountain was in error.
(d) That teachers and students must unite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were qualified teachers hesitant to offer lecture courses upon returning to Beida?

2. What was the rationale for putting literature students to hard physical labor?

3. What were the "two erroneous viewpoints" that students were taught to beware of?

4. What were students assigned to do in the winter at the cadre school, in the absence of books?

5. What percentage of workers charged as rightists were work units expected to unveil in 1958?

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