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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the Chinese literature students sent to work?
(a) On farms.
(b) In coal mines.
(c) In libraries.
(d) On dam sites.

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

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

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

5. What necessary tool did the Beida students accuse the work team of failing to employ?
(a) Logic.
(b) Reason.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Violence.

6. How did Yue Daiyun learn to carry water?
(a) In handheld buckets.
(b) On a shoulder pole.
(c) On her head.
(d) In a wheelbarrow.

7. What is the first "To the Storm"?
(a) A chapter from Chairman Mao's Red Book.
(b) A novel by Stendhal.
(c) A song written by Sun Yat-Sen.
(d) A poem written by Yue Daiyun.

8. How did night meetings at the commune in Zhaitang attempt to educate the peasants?
(a) By teaching them basic literacy.
(b) By reading newspapers to them.
(c) By turning on radio news broadcasts for them.
(d) By purchasing textbooks for them.

9. Why was paying workers according to production criticized?
(a) It led to decreased overall yield.
(b) It was capitalist exploitation.
(c) It favored those who worked hardest.
(d) It was unfair to those who slacked in their work.

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

11. 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) Accuse others to them.
(d) Pretend not to notice wrongdoing.

12. How did Chairman Mao refer to Nie Yuanzi?
(a) As a remnant of the capitalist road.
(b) As the first Red Banner.
(c) As an enemy of the people.
(d) As the voice of the future.

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

14. How were landlords punished in the village of Jiangxi during land reform?
(a) They were harassed.
(b) They were beaten.
(c) They were sent away.
(d) They were killed.

15. What was "Contemporary Heroes"?
(a) An underground newspaper.
(b) A foreign novel.
(c) A blog.
(d) A literary magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lao Shi die?

2. Why did Yue Daiyun's sister-in-law insist that the family separate during meals?

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

4. What is sent out to announce a baby's one-month anniversary?

5. What percentage of workers charged as rightists were work units expected to unveil in 1958?

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