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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "white and expert way"?
(a) Clarity of thought.
(b) Academic or technical expertise.
(c) Democratic ideas.
(d) Political ideals.

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

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

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

5. What did the commune at Zhaitang produce for income?
(a) Vegetables and wheat.
(b) Chickens and millet.
(c) Millet and rice.
(d) Apricot seeds and walnuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Yue Daiyun's first assigned task at the commune in Zhaitang?

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

3. How does Lao Wei advise Yue Daiyun to deal with the cadres?

4. Why were the peasants reluctant to accept the land that they were given during land reform?

5. Why would a good Communist mistrust his own conscience?

(see the answer key)

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