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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a kang?
(a) A heated sleeping platform.
(b) A sleeping mat.
(c) A sleeping bag.
(d) A blanket.

2. Where were the Chinese literature students sent to work?
(a) In coal mines.
(b) On dam sites.
(c) In libraries.
(d) On farms.

3. What was the rationale for putting literature students to hard physical labor?
(a) To get them away from violence on campus.
(b) To help them develop better physical conditioning.
(c) To provide them material about which to write.
(d) To help them understand and unite with the workers.

4. What was Yue Daiyun's overriding reaction to her two years as a peasant worker?
(a) Shame.
(b) Resentment at time wasted.
(c) Anger.
(d) Gratitude.

5. How many people in Beida had been declared rightists in 1958?
(a) One hundred students and 500 faculty members.
(b) Five hundred students and 100 faculty members.
(c) Three hundred faculty members.
(d) Seven hundred students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical affliction had Yue Daiyun's father-in-law suffered in her two-year absence?

2. How many people was Yue Daiyun required to identify as rightists?

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

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

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

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