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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 is a cadre?
(a) A revolutionary trainer.
(b) An informant.
(c) A prisoner.
(d) A revolutionary trainee.

2. What was the first criticism of Lao Tang at the Beida Youth League Congress?
(a) Supporting rightist teachers.
(b) Teaching capitalist ideas.
(c) Killing frogs who were interrupting the music.
(d) Staying up all night talking with Yue Daiyun.

3. Why was the poet Lin Zhao executed?
(a) Attacking Chairman Mao's policies.
(b) Distributing underground literature.
(c) Poor quality poems.
(d) Secret subversive activity.

4. What did the students use for hats on the academicians they publicly paraded?
(a) Handmade caps.
(b) Blindfolds.
(c) Wastebaskets.
(d) Dunce caps.

5. What effect did the struggle sessions have on Lao Chen, the literature department head?
(a) He was forced to resign or be fired from his position.
(b) He was sent to the countryside for re-education.
(c) He resigned his position.
(d) He commited suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were landlords punished in the village of Jiangxi during land reform?

2. Why was returning to Beijing in 1966 disheartening for Yue Daiyun?

3. Why did Yue Daiyun draw a line between herself and her husband's family?

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

5. What were Old Aunt and Old Uncle's parting gifts to Yue Daiyun?

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