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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What challenging assignment was Yue Daiyun given upon her return to teaching?
(a) Explicating Tang dynasty literature.
(b) Teaching modern literature.
(c) Teaching Chinese to foreign students.
(d) Developing a political writing course.

2. Who were alleged to be Black Gang members?
(a) Anyone connected to Lao Tang.
(b) Anyone connected with Lu Ping.
(c) Anyone putting up incendiary posters.
(d) Anyone acquainted with Nie Yuanzi.

3. What was Yue Daiyun's job during the famine in Zhaitang?
(a) Caring for pigs.
(b) Collecting apricot pits for oil.
(c) Pitting walnuts.
(d) Grinding corncobs to make flour.

4. How did Chairman Mao refer to Nie Yuanzi?
(a) As the voice of the future.
(b) As the first Red Banner.
(c) As an enemy of the people.
(d) As a remnant of the capitalist road.

5. How many people was Yue Daiyun required to identify as rightists?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term was given to those whose parents were landlords?

2. What caused the famine in Zhaitang during the autumn of 1959?

3. Who were the first enemies of the Communists to be punished by being publicly paraded?

4. How does the bride approach her husband's home in Chinese tradition?

5. What is an "ayi?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Yue Daiyun decide not to object to being considered a rightist?

2. What were "middle characters"? Why were they considered unacceptable?

3. What attracted Yue Daiyun to Lao Tang?

4. Why had Yue Daiyun's earlier visit to the Soviet Union been disillusioning?

5. Why is the one-month birthday an important event in China?

6. What is the difference between one who is an "alien class element" and one who is a "counter-revolutionary"?

7. Why weren't the peasants reassured by the harsh treatment of their former landlords?

8. Why was Yue Daiyun to be criticized while on maternity leave?

9. What was unusual for Yue Daiyun about the National Day Celebration in 1963?

10. What did Yue Daiyun see in Old Uncle that she had never seen among the intellectuals?

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