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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. Under what conditions were Yue Daiyun's parents allowed to buy property?
(a) It must represent 80% of the owner's wealth.
(b) It could not be rented or resold.
(c) It must be purchased from the Communist party.
(d) It must represent the owner's only holding.

2. Why was Yue Daiyun relieved of her teaching duties in 1965?
(a) She had written an essay that was critical of the system.
(b) She had praised a student essay that was critical of the system.
(c) She had made a poster criticizing the Four Clean-Ups.
(d) She had taught students that the Three Red Banners were incorrect.

3. What did the students use for hats on the academicians they publicly paraded?
(a) Dunce caps.
(b) Handmade caps.
(c) Wastebaskets.
(d) Blindfolds.

4. Who were the first enemies of the Communists to be punished by being publicly paraded?
(a) Political figures.
(b) Landlords.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Revolutionaries.

5. Why did Old Uncle say that he shared food with Yue Daiyun rather than eating it himself?
(a) She was new to hunger, but he was used to it.
(b) He had plenty of food stored away.
(c) He didn't have much of an appetite.
(d) She needed her strength to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the rationale for putting literature students to hard physical labor?

2. What is the first "To the Storm"?

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

4. How did Yue Daiyun learn to carry water?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Yue Dainyun feel worse on returning from the countryside in 1966 than she had when returning in 1960?

2. Why was Yue Daiyun unworried about the criticism she was to face?

3. How was Yue Daiyun used during the Four Clean-Ups campaign in 1965?

4. Why did Yue Daiyun support Party policy above her own conscience?

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

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

7. In 1976, what did the students do to Yue Daiyun's home?

8. How were the landlords treated by the local Communist Party committee?

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

10. Why did the famine of 1959 change Yue Daiyun's opinion of the Communist Party?

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