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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What caused the famine in Zhaitang during the autumn of 1959?
(a) Mismanagement.
(b) Refusal of the peasant workers to cooperate.
(c) Drought.
(d) Lack of seeds.

3. 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 resigned his position.
(c) He was forced to resign or be fired from his position.
(d) He commited suicide.

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

5. Why was returning to Beijing in 1966 disheartening for Yue Daiyun?
(a) She was disillusioned with the system.
(b) She was surprised at the lack of student enthusiasm.
(c) She was discouraged about her own progress.
(d) She was disappointed at the low production.

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

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

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

9. What is sent out to announce a baby's one-month anniversary?
(a) Fortune cookies.
(b) Party invitations.
(c) Red kites.
(d) Red-dyed eggs.

10. What were Old Aunt and Old Uncle's parting gifts to Yue Daiyun?
(a) Apricots and rice.
(b) Eggs and walnuts.
(c) Walnuts and apricots.
(d) Rice and eggs.

11. Under what conditions were Yue Daiyun's parents allowed to buy property?
(a) It could not be rented or resold.
(b) It must represent 80% of the owner's wealth.
(c) It must be purchased from the Communist party.
(d) It must represent the owner's only holding.

12. How was Lao Wei exonerated from the rightist charge against him?
(a) His cadre affirmed his good work habits.
(b) He made a false confession.
(c) Yue Daiyun proved the criticisms wrong.
(d) The peasants spoke in his behalf.

13. What unexpected speaker came to the meeting on July 22 during the student struggles?
(a) Tao Zhu.
(b) Mao Anqing.
(c) Chairman Mao.
(d) Jiang Qing.

14. Who were alleged to be Black Gang members?
(a) Anyone putting up incendiary posters.
(b) Anyone acquainted with Nie Yuanzi.
(c) Anyone connected with Lu Ping.
(d) Anyone connected to Lao Tang.

15. What is the traditional baby gift given by a Chinese maternal grandmother?
(a) A keepsake baby cup.
(b) A complete layette for the first year.
(c) A cradle and playpen.
(d) A stroller and carseat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where were the Chinese literature students sent to work?

3. What was "Contemporary Heroes"?

4. How many people was Yue Daiyun required to identify as rightists?

5. What happened for the first time during the June 18th affair?

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