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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Yue Daiyun relieved of her teaching duties in 1965?
(a) She had taught students that the Three Red Banners were incorrect.
(b) She had written an essay that was critical of the system.
(c) She had praised a student essay that was critical of the system.
(d) She had made a poster criticizing the Four Clean-Ups.

2. What disillusioned Yue Daiyun on her trip to the Soviet Union?
(a) She wasn't allowed to visit Red Square.
(b) The Chinese visitors were not considered equals.
(c) She observed social inequality.
(d) The Chinese visitors were rudely treated.

3. What were the "triple evils" to be eliminated in 1957?
(a) Objectivism, Confucianism, and sectarianism.
(b) Sectarianism, bureaucratism, and socialism.
(c) Subjectivism, sectarianism, and bureaucratism.
(d) Bureaucratism, cretinism, and subjectivism.

4. How does Lao Wei advise Yue Daiyun to deal with the cadres?
(a) Bribe them with extra work.
(b) Point out their errors and mistakes.
(c) Pretend not to notice wrongdoing.
(d) Accuse others to them.

5. Who was Yue Daiyun's first love?
(a) Lao Gu.
(b) Lao Tang.
(c) Robert Winter.
(d) Gao Zhongyi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the famine in Zhaitang during the autumn of 1959?

2. How did the Jinggang Mountain group defend their besieged building while restoring electrical power?

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

4. What did Yue Daiyun believe the generation she was teaching had that hers lacked?

5. What was Yue Daiyun's job during the famine in Zhaitang?

(see the answer key)

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