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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Yue Daiyun draw a line between herself and her husband's family?
(a) They were unlearned peasants.
(b) They were outspoken anti-Communists.
(c) They were bourgeois intellectuals.
(d) They were unkind to her.

2. 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 help them develop better physical conditioning.
(d) To provide them material about which to write.

3. Why would a good Communist mistrust his own conscience?
(a) The individual was always wrong.
(b) The Party would punish such thinking.
(c) The Party had greater wisdom.
(d) Conscience is the voice of evil.

4. What interrupted Yue Daiyun's celebration of her son's one-month birthday?
(a) A meeting at which she was to be criticized.
(b) A meeting at which her husband was to be criticized.
(c) A meeting at which she was to be honored.
(d) A meeting at which her husband was to be honored.

5. What does it mean to "draw a line"?
(a) To separate one's self from a suspect person.
(b) To strengthen a common bond.
(c) To make one's political position clear.
(d) To align one's self with another person.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the bride approach her husband's home in Chinese tradition?

2. What is sent out to announce a baby's one-month anniversary?

3. What new family responsibility did Yue Daiyun assume at her mother-in-law's request?

4. How were ordinary people to be portrayed in literature considered appropriate during the Four Clean-Ups?

5. What is a kang?

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