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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the religion of the peasant family to whom Yue Daiyun was assigned in Xiaohongmen?
(a) Christian.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Confucian.
(d) Hindi.

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

3. Why did Yue Daiyun refuse expensive wedding gifts?
(a) She was a simple person.
(b) She knew her friends and family had limited resources.
(c) She wanted her wedding to be a revolutionary occasion.
(d) She was embarrassed by her family's prosperity.

4. What interrupted Yue Daiyun's celebration of her son's one-month birthday?
(a) A meeting at which her husband was to be criticized.
(b) A meeting at which her husband was to be honored.
(c) A meeting at which she was to be honored.
(d) A meeting at which she was to be criticized.

5. What does Lao Wei counsel Yue Daiyun to do to redeem herself with the party?
(a) Accuse others.
(b) Deny guilt.
(c) Admit guilt, even if it is untrue.
(d) Tell the truth.

6. Why would a good Communist mistrust his own conscience?
(a) The Party had greater wisdom.
(b) The Party would punish such thinking.
(c) The individual was always wrong.
(d) Conscience is the voice of evil.

7. What was Yue Daiyun's job during the famine in Zhaitang?
(a) Pitting walnuts.
(b) Caring for pigs.
(c) Collecting apricot pits for oil.
(d) Grinding corncobs to make flour.

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

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

10. Why was Yue Daiyun's long-awaited home visit depressing?
(a) Her baby didn't remember her, and she was a stranger on campus.
(b) Her students were openly hostile to her.
(c) She had to face charges and criticism at home.
(d) She became ill and spent the time recuperating.

11. How were ordinary people to be portrayed in literature considered appropriate during the Four Clean-Ups?
(a) As villains.
(b) As heroes.
(c) As real people with normal challenges.
(d) As superhuman.

12. What policy sent Yue Daiyun to the countryside in 1965?
(a) The Four Clean-Ups.
(b) The Three Red Banners.
(c) The Second Land Reform.
(d) Clean the Class.

13. Why was Yue Daiyun's sister-in-law's father imprisoned?
(a) For condemning Chairman Mao.
(b) For condemning Communist policies.
(c) For listening to foreign radio stations.
(d) For trying to leave China.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the rationale for putting literature students to hard physical labor?

2. What is a kang?

3. Why were many Chinese angry at the U.S. in 1951?

4. What challenging assignment was Yue Daiyun given upon her return to teaching?

5. What new family responsibility did Yue Daiyun assume at her mother-in-law's request?

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