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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In August, 1973, with whom did Chairman Mao link the defection of Lin Biao?
(a) Lenin.
(b) Confucius.
(c) Marx.
(d) Stalin.

3. Why was depression widespread in 1967?
(a) The peasants were dominating the wealthy.
(b) The rich still dominated the poor.
(c) Revolutionary ideals had deteriorated into factional fighting.
(d) Revolutionary progress was slow.

4. What did Nie Yuanzi claim to believe in but refused to do?
(a) Allow freedom of student speech.
(b) Choose leaders by vote.
(c) Self-criticize.
(d) Accept the salary of a worker.

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

6. What task was Nie Yuanzi given in Liyuqhou?
(a) Cutting bamboo into poles.
(b) Making bricks from clay.
(c) Carrying buckets of urine.
(d) Tying sheaves to make thatch.

7. Why was "How to be a Good Communist" eventually repudiated?
(a) It encouraged constant self-criticism.
(b) It encouraged individuality.
(c) It encouraged slavish submission.
(d) It encouraged denunciation of public figures.

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

9. Why did Yue Daiyun and Lao Tang look forward to peasant life continuing?
(a) They liked the diet of the peasants.
(b) They enjoyed the company of the peasants.
(c) They felt themselves growing physically stronger.
(d) They were away from the tribulations in the city.

10. Why did Zhou Enlai not order the helicopter carrying Lin Biao's co-conspirators shot down?
(a) He wanted the conspirators imprisoned.
(b) He sympathized with Lin Biao.
(c) He was part of the conspiracy himself.
(d) He wanted survivors to tell what happened.

11. What did the famous "32 Cadres and Teachers" poster assert?
(a) That Nie Yuanzi was correct.
(b) That Jinggang Mountain was correct.
(c) That teachers and students must unite.
(d) That Jinggang Mountain was in error.

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

13. How were students selected for university admission in 1970?
(a) By ability to pay.
(b) By recommendations from factory or army leaders.
(c) By lottery.
(d) By examination.

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

15. What two groups did Yue Daiyun believe would restore order to China in 1968?
(a) The workers and the campus administrators.
(b) The students and the army.
(c) The army and the proleteriat.
(d) The students and the faculty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocked Yue Daiyun upon her return to Beida?

2. Which family member was sent to a military farm in Dedu county?

3. Why had Yue Daiyun not protested when truckloads of students set out in a downpour?

4. Why did Lin Biao, Chairman Mao's closest ally, decide to flee the country?

5. What was the Red Guard?

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