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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What first shook Yue Daiyun's faith in the Communist party?
(a) Facing criticism as a rightist.
(b) Being forced to criticize others.
(c) Realizing that the famine in 1959 was manmade.
(d) Criticism of Lao Tang's friendship with her.

2. How did Lao Shi die?
(a) He was accidentally shot.
(b) He commited suicide.
(c) He was beaten to death while attempting to escape to Burma.
(d) He fell from a walnut tree.

3. What effect did the Four Clean-Ups campaign have on Yue Daiyun's thinking?
(a) She felt determined to support the program.
(b) She felt bewildered.
(c) She at last saw her path clearly.
(d) She was bitterly opposed to the program.

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

5. What term was given to those whose parents were landlords?
(a) "Counter-revolutionary."
(b) "Secret capitalist."
(c) "Stinking rich."
(d) "Alien class element."

6. What does Yue Daiyun do to comfort the injured Lao Shi?
(a) Smuggles cookies to him.
(b) Prepares buns from white flour.
(c) Tells him funny stories.
(d) Massages his injured back.

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

8. What happened for the first time during the June 18th affair?
(a) Chairman Mao attended the demonstrations.
(b) People were struck, shoved, and paraded.
(c) People met with their accusers to defend themselves.
(d) Criticizers were criticized.

9. What physical affliction had Yue Daiyun's father-in-law suffered in her two-year absence?
(a) A paralyzing stroke.
(b) Debilitating high blood pressure.
(c) Memory loss.
(d) Heart failure.

10. What political decision did Yue Daiyun make upon her return to Beida after her two-year absence?
(a) To become a leader in the field of literary history.
(b) To focus on social issues and her studies.
(c) To carefully select which social issues should involve her.
(d) To avoid social issues and concentrate on her studies.

11. Why were many Chinese angry at the U.S. in 1951?
(a) They expected an American invasion.
(b) They disagreed with American democracy.
(c) They were appalled by American selfishness.
(d) They were jealous of American prosperity.

12. What challenging assignment was Yue Daiyun given upon her return to teaching?
(a) Developing a political writing course.
(b) Teaching Chinese to foreign students.
(c) Explicating Tang dynasty literature.
(d) Teaching modern literature.

13. What was Yue Daiyun's favorite pastime while she wandered in the mountains of Zhaitang?
(a) Writing poetry.
(b) Sketching.
(c) Singing.
(d) Calisthenics.

14. What was Yue Daiyun's first assigned task at the commune in Zhaitang?
(a) Collecting clay to mix with coal for the fire.
(b) Drawing water.
(c) Collecting rocks to build a dam.
(d) Preparing breakfast for the group.

15. What is an "ayi?"
(a) A domestic helper.
(b) A grandmother.
(c) An aunt.
(d) A Communist party leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was paying workers according to production criticized?

2. What was the first criticism of Lao Tang at the Beida Youth League Congress?

3. What should a good Communist always refuse to a class enemy, according to what Yue Daiyun was taught?

4. Why did Yue Daiyun relate to her sister-in-law's father?

5. Why were the peasants reluctant to accept the land that they were given during land reform?

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