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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What honorific assignment did Lao Tang receive in 1973?
(a) He was to be part of the "black gang."
(b) He was part of the committee analyzing Lin Biao's materials.
(c) He was named a Confucian scholar.
(d) He was made a chairman of the cadre school.

2. What pseudonym had Lao Tang and Lao Li, his friend, used to publish articles about Chinese philosophy?
(a) "Four Marxist Essayists."
(b) "Three True Believers."
(c) "Confused in Beida."
(d) "Two Concerned Citizens."

3. How often was Lao Tang allowed to go home while under suspicion?
(a) Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
(b) Every weekend.
(c) Once every two weeks.
(d) Once a week.

4. Why was Tang Dan disillusioned with her work in Dedu county?
(a) Peasants had been mistreated.
(b) Her efforts had been unappreciated.
(c) Mismanagement had caused poor crop yields.
(d) Money had been embezzled.

5. What did Chairman Mao declare in 1966 that intellectuals must undergo?
(a) Ostracization by peasants, workers, and soldiers.
(b) Punishment by incarceration.
(c) Reeducation by peasants, workers, and soldiers.
(d) Education of peasants, workers, and soldiers.

6. What did the Jinggang Mountain Corps want?
(a) To support Nie Yuanzi's leadership of Beida.
(b) To dominate the Red Guard.
(c) To overthrow Nie Yuanzi's leadership of Beida.
(d) To overthrow Chairman Mao.

7. How did Nie Yuanzi attempt to flush out the 250 besieged Jinggang Mountain students?
(a) She cut off their food supply.
(b) She turned off their electricity.
(c) She turned off their water supply.
(d) She sent in tear gas.

8. What group refused to obey Chairman Mao's directive to continue education?
(a) High school and university students.
(b) University teachers.
(c) University administrators.
(d) High school teachers and administrators.

9. Why did Lin Biao, Chairman Mao's closest ally, decide to flee the country?
(a) He had struck a deal with the Soviets.
(b) He was disillusioned with Communism.
(c) He had failed in an assassination attempt.
(d) He was embezzling money.

10. What was meant by saying that Nie Yuanzi could "touch heaven"?
(a) She had access to top government leadership.
(b) She was near death.
(c) She was nearly perfect.
(d) Her language was sublime.

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

12. How did Lao Li comfort Lao Tang about his membership in Liang Xiao?
(a) By suggesting that prison would not be so uncomfortable.
(b) By suggesting that he flee the country.
(c) By promising that he would avoid prison.
(d) By promising to speak up for him.

13. Why was Yue Daiyun encouraged about the teachers at the cadre school in Liyuzhou?
(a) They were more cooperative with one another.
(b) They were less arrogant and more willing to learn from their students.
(c) They were older and more stable.
(d) They were better educated.

14. What was the fate of the peasant university students who had not been given an education?
(a) They were accepted for factory work.
(b) They were sent to labor in the countryside.
(c) They were inducted into the army.
(d) They were given another chance for a university education.

15. What was Yue Daiyun's diet during her first months in Liyuzhou?
(a) Rice and soybean oil soup.
(b) Meat, rice, and vegetables.
(c) Rice and vegetables.
(d) Vegetables and fresh fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Yue Daiyun disheartened by her first teaching assignment at the cadre school in Liyuzhou?

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

3. What were the "five-same-thing" teachers to do?

4. In what area was Tang Shuang gifted?

5. Why was depression widespread in 1967?

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