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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What challenging assignment was Yue Daiyun given upon her return to teaching?
(a) Developing a political writing course.
(b) Explicating Tang dynasty literature.
(c) Teaching modern literature.
(d) Teaching Chinese to foreign students.

2. What does Yue Daiyun do to comfort the injured Lao Shi?
(a) Massages his injured back.
(b) Smuggles cookies to him.
(c) Prepares buns from white flour.
(d) Tells him funny stories.

3. Why were the peasants reluctant to accept the land that they were given during land reform?
(a) They were afraid other peasants would be jealous.
(b) They were afraid that exploitation would begin again.
(c) They were afraid of the responsibility of ownership.
(d) They were afraid of receiving the same retribution as their former landlords.

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

5. What did Lao Tang conclude after being criticized himself?
(a) The Communist party was wrong.
(b) He was rightly criticized.
(c) People are unable to control their own fate.
(d) He had been wrongly criticized.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Yue Daiyun's overriding reaction to her two years as a peasant worker?

2. What political decision did Yue Daiyun make upon her return to Beida after her two-year absence?

3. What did Chairman Mao seem to be encouraging in 1956?

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

5. How did Yue Daiyun learn to carry water?

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