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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What objection did Communist party members have to the French novel, The Red and the Black?
(a) It encouraged blind acquiescence.
(b) It encouraged disrespect.
(c) It encouraged immorality.
(d) It encouraged individual creativity over self-effacement.

2. Why did Yue Daiyun refuse expensive wedding gifts?
(a) She was a simple person.
(b) She wanted her wedding to be a revolutionary occasion.
(c) She was embarrassed by her family's prosperity.
(d) She knew her friends and family had limited resources.

3. Who were the first enemies of the Communists to be punished by being publicly paraded?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Landlords.
(c) Political figures.
(d) Revolutionaries.

4. Which family member was sent to a military farm in Dedu county?
(a) Yue Daiyun.
(b) Tang Shuang.
(c) Tang Dan.
(d) Lao Tang.

5. Why did Yue Daiyun's sister-in-law insist that the family separate during meals?
(a) The children were affected by family arguments.
(b) She didn't have time to prepare meals for the whole group.
(c) Lao Tang had been declared a "big black element."
(d) She wanted to draw a line between her and Yue Daiyun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interrupted Yue Daiyun's celebration of her son's one-month birthday?

2. Which of Yue Daiyun's family members belonged to the Jinggang Mountain Corps?

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

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

5. How were students selected for university admission in 1970?

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