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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Lao Tang shocked as he studied Lin Biao's life?
(a) Lin Biao had believed sincerely in Confucianism.
(b) Lin Biao had enjoyed many kinds of bureaucratic privileges.
(c) Lin Biao had lived a simple, monastic life.
(d) Lin Biao had never been a Communist.

2. What should a good Communist always refuse to a class enemy, according to what Yue Daiyun was taught?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Financial assistance.
(d) Forgiveness.

3. What two groups did Yue Daiyun believe would restore order to China in 1968?
(a) The students and the faculty.
(b) The army and the proleteriat.
(c) The students and the army.
(d) The workers and the campus administrators.

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

5. What did Yue Daiyun believe the generation she was teaching had that hers lacked?
(a) Compassion for other students.
(b) Intelligence to understand the forces at work in society.
(c) Courage to fight for their convictions.
(d) Interest in public affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what were Yue Daiyun and Lao Tang condemned?

2. What is the "white and expert way"?

3. What did Tang Dan want to do for the Jinggang Mountain students?

4. Why were qualified teachers hesitant to offer lecture courses upon returning to Beida?

5. What decision made in 1966 does Yue Daiyun come to deeply regret?

(see the answer key)

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