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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first lesson in self-reliance the new students at the cadre school in Liyuzhou would learn?
(a) They had to cook their own meals.
(b) They had to build their own living quarters.
(c) They had to sew their own clothing.
(d) They had to walk thirty-five miles to the school.

2. Why did Yue Dainyun always dislike Confucianism?
(a) Confucius advocated capitalism.
(b) Confucius advocated the subjugation of women.
(c) Confucius was a rightist.
(d) Confucius taught individualism.

3. Who were the "5+ Obedient Sheep?"
(a) Students who followed the work team's recommendations.
(b) Overly obedient students.
(c) Rebellious students.
(d) Students with poor grades.

4. What did the "Reveal Things Thoroughly to the Bottom" Detachment intend to do?
(a) Reveal counter-revolutionary statements in magazines and newspapers.
(b) Reveal bourgeois thinking among teachers.
(c) Search faculty houses for capitalist possessions.
(d) Investigate the lives of government officials.

5. What was unusual about the student revolutionary movement at Beida?
(a) Actions were often assigned from the top rather than initiated at the bottom.
(b) Actions were often initiated at the bottom rather than assigned from the top.
(c) Disrespect and disobedience become commonplace.
(d) Actions were assigned, but seldom carried out.

6. What did Yue Daiyun believe the generation she was teaching had that hers lacked?
(a) Interest in public affairs.
(b) Intelligence to understand the forces at work in society.
(c) Courage to fight for their convictions.
(d) Compassion for other students.

7. Where were 21 people killed in campus warfare?
(a) Beida.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Hanzhong.
(d) Shanghai.

8. Why had Yue Daiyun not protested when truckloads of students set out in a downpour?
(a) She had confidence in the leader of their group.
(b) She was afraid of being criticized yet again.
(c) She was sure the trip would be safe.
(d) It would have seemed disobedient to Chairman Mao's teachings about courage.

9. What choice was Yue Daiyun given in 1969?
(a) To remain on campus or return to the countryside.
(b) To work in the library or resume teaching classes.
(c) To go to the countryside or work in the propaganda committee.
(d) To supervise students in the countryside or be under house arrest.

10. What eventuality most threatens those in power in China?
(a) A system of information dissemination.
(b) Public exposure.
(c) A foreign takeover.
(d) The development of an organized group.

11. What decision made in 1966 does Yue Daiyun come to deeply regret?
(a) She had a second child.
(b) She became pregnant.
(c) She decided never to have another child.
(d) She had an abortion.

12. What did Lao Tang's mother send to augment his diet?
(a) Dried beef and sugar.
(b) Fruits and milk.
(c) Sugar and vegetables.
(d) Vegetables and fruits.

13. What privileges did Lao Tang receive as he studied Lin Biao's life?
(a) Travel and access to people and information.
(b) Luxurious housing.
(c) Secretarial support.
(d) Seclusion and quiet.

14. What were students assigned to do in the winter at the cadre school, in the absence of books?
(a) Write novels.
(b) Self-criticize.
(c) Compose poetry.
(d) Read newspaper articles out loud.

15. What did Tang Dan want to do for the Jinggang Mountain students?
(a) Persuade them to surrender.
(b) Fight their final battle with them.
(c) Help New Beida to overcome them.
(d) Continue to bring food to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Lao Tang shocked as he studied Lin Biao's life?

2. What did the criminal activities of Lin Liguo and the defection of Lin Biao teach Yue Dainyun?

3. What did Nie Yuanzi claim to believe in but refused to do?

4. Why was Yue Daiyun encouraged about the teachers at the cadre school in Liyuzhou?

5. In August, 1973, with whom did Chairman Mao link the defection of Lin Biao?

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