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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what did Lao Pan accuse Yue Daiyun?
(a) Undermining Chairman Mao.
(b) Disrespect of Communist authority.
(c) Personal ambition.
(d) Capitalist ideas.

2. According to Chinese legend, why does a baby smile for the first time?
(a) To bid farewell to the goddess guarding it.
(b) To celebrate its first month on earth.
(c) To thank the gods for its life.
(d) To greet its parents.

3. What is the first "To the Storm"?
(a) A novel by Stendhal.
(b) A song written by Sun Yat-Sen.
(c) A poem written by Yue Daiyun.
(d) A chapter from Chairman Mao's Red Book.

4. Why was Yue Daiyun's long-awaited home visit depressing?
(a) Her baby didn't remember her, and she was a stranger on campus.
(b) Her students were openly hostile to her.
(c) She had to face charges and criticism at home.
(d) She became ill and spent the time recuperating.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did night meetings at the commune in Zhaitang attempt to educate the peasants?

3. What was the first criticism of Lao Tang at the Beida Youth League Congress?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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