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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which family member was sent to a military farm in Dedu county?
(a) Tang Shuang.
(b) Tang Dan.
(c) Lao Tang.
(d) Yue Daiyun.

3. What shocked Yue Daiyun upon her return to Beida?
(a) The campus was being closed.
(b) The campus had been beautified.
(c) The campus had fallen into disrepair.
(d) There were not enough students to justify continuing the university.

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

5. What materials did Yue Daiyun have to construct housing in Liyuzhou?
(a) Bricks and mortar.
(b) Bamboo and thatch.
(c) Clay and straw.
(d) Wood and clay.

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

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

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

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

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

11. How were workers and peasants to be portrayed in all acceptable literary work?
(a) As "upwardly mobile."
(b) As "heroic and noble."
(c) As "humble, wise, and meek."
(d) As "tall, valued, and perfect."

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were students assigned to do in the winter at the cadre school, in the absence of books?

2. What honorific assignment did Lao Tang receive in 1973?

3. How did Yue Daiyun accidentally injure Lao Tang?

4. What did Chairman Mao declare in 1966 that intellectuals must undergo?

5. What natural disaster hit China in July of 1976?

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