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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were the "five-same-thing" teachers to do?
(a) Eat, live, sleep, study and reform thoughts with the students.
(b) Sleep, study, reform thoughts, eat and compose poetry with the students.
(c) Eat, live, labor, study, and reform thoughts with the students.
(d) Develop posters, eat, study, reform thoughts, and labor with the students.

3. For what were Yue Daiyun and Lao Tang condemned?
(a) She for being a rightist; he for being a leftist.
(b) Both for being leftists.
(c) Both for being rightists.
(d) He for being a rightist; she for being a leftist.

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

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

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

7. 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 supervise students in the countryside or be under house arrest.
(d) To go to the countryside or work in the propaganda committee.

8. What problem added to the difficulties of the second year at the cadre school?
(a) Wildfires.
(b) Drought.
(c) Heavy snow.
(d) Heavy rain.

9. What effect had the harsh cold of the Dedu county winters had on Tang Dan?
(a) She suffered from pneumonia.
(b) She had developed bronchial problems.
(c) Her menstrual periods had stopped.
(d) She had developed rheumatism.

10. What caused the violence at Beida to abate?
(a) Mutual agreement.
(b) Major contenders had been imprisoned.
(c) Urgent directives to promote "big alliances."
(d) Most of the student body had gone.

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

12. In Chinese belief, what do physical cataclysms often foretell?
(a) Political cataclysms.
(b) The death of an important person.
(c) Good fortune.
(d) The birth of an important person.

13. What is the "red and expert way"?
(a) Scholarly work for its own sake.
(b) Scholarly work to point out political errors.
(c) Sharing scholarly ideals with others.
(d) Scholarly work that serves the goals of politics.

14. How did Yue Daiyun accidentally injure Lao Tang?
(a) She tripped him, and he fell.
(b) She and the children injured his back while carrying him.
(c) She hit him with a lamp, not knowing he was there.
(d) She dropped him while carrying him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two groups did Yue Daiyun believe would restore order to China in 1968?

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

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

5. Why were friendship bonds more likely at the cadre school than at Beida?

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