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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Yue Daiyun's first love?
(a) Robert Winter.
(b) Lao Tang.
(c) Lao Gu.
(d) Gao Zhongyi.

3. How does Lao Wei advise Yue Daiyun to deal with the cadres?
(a) Point out their errors and mistakes.
(b) Accuse others to them.
(c) Bribe them with extra work.
(d) Pretend not to notice wrongdoing.

4. What does it mean to "draw a line"?
(a) To make one's political position clear.
(b) To separate one's self from a suspect person.
(c) To align one's self with another person.
(d) To strengthen a common bond.

5. How many people in Beida had been declared rightists in 1958?
(a) Seven hundred students.
(b) One hundred students and 500 faculty members.
(c) Three hundred faculty members.
(d) Five hundred students and 100 faculty members.

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

7. What percentage of workers charged as rightists were work units expected to unveil in 1958?
(a) Fifty percent.
(b) Ten percent.
(c) Five percent.
(d) Twenty-five percent.

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

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

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

11. Whose suspected crimes as an American spy caused Yue Daiyun to be questioned about their friendship?
(a) Gao Zhongyhi.
(b) Peng Yuanho.
(c) Robert Winter.
(d) Lao Gu.

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

13. Why did Yue Daiyun's sister-in-law insist that the family separate during meals?
(a) The children were affected by family arguments.
(b) Lao Tang had been declared a "big black element."
(c) She wanted to draw a line between her and Yue Daiyun.
(d) She didn't have time to prepare meals for the whole group.

14. What did the students use for hats on the academicians they publicly paraded?
(a) Dunce caps.
(b) Blindfolds.
(c) Handmade caps.
(d) Wastebaskets.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lao Tang conclude after being criticized himself?

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

3. What effect did the struggle sessions have on Lao Chen, the literature department head?

4. How did Lao Shi die?

5. What did Chairman Mao seem to be encouraging in 1956?

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