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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What objection did Communist party members have to the French novel, The Red and the Black?
(a) It encouraged disrespect.
(b) It encouraged immorality.
(c) It encouraged individual creativity over self-effacement.
(d) It encouraged blind acquiescence.

2. What was "Contemporary Heroes"?
(a) A foreign novel.
(b) A literary magazine.
(c) A blog.
(d) An underground newspaper.

3. What percentage of workers charged as rightists were work units expected to unveil in 1958?
(a) Ten percent.
(b) Five percent.
(c) Fifty percent.
(d) Twenty-five percent.

4. How does the bride approach her husband's home in Chinese tradition?
(a) She walks with her groom.
(b) She is carried there.
(c) She walks alone.
(d) She walks with her relatives.

5. What does Lao Wei counsel Yue Daiyun to do to redeem herself with the party?
(a) Accuse others.
(b) Deny guilt.
(c) Tell the truth.
(d) Admit guilt, even if it is untrue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the "triple evils" to be eliminated in 1957?

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

3. What interrupted Yue Daiyun's celebration of her son's one-month birthday?

4. What song did Yue Daiyun's brother use to comfort her while she was being criticized?

5. What is the "white and expert way"?

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