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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 Yue Diayun not as happy as the students at the prospect of returning to Beijing from the cadre school?
(a) She felt that Beida had nothing to offer peasant students.
(b) She felt that education in the country was preferable.
(c) She felt that her family had been happier in the country.
(d) She felt that great effort had been wasted.

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

3. What were students assigned to do in the winter at the cadre school, in the absence of books?
(a) Write novels.
(b) Read newspaper articles out loud.
(c) Self-criticize.
(d) Compose poetry.

4. Where did Yue Daiyun teach during 1973?
(a) In Beida.
(b) She was not allowed to teach.
(c) In the cadre school.
(d) In the offices of the Hebei Daily newspaper.

5. What privileges did Lao Tang receive as he studied Lin Biao's life?
(a) Secretarial support.
(b) Travel and access to people and information.
(c) Seclusion and quiet.
(d) Luxurious housing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what conditions were Yue Daiyun's parents allowed to buy property?

2. What health problem had complicated Yue Daiyun's pregnancy?

3. Why would a good Communist mistrust his own conscience?

4. What is the first "To the Storm"?

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

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