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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. Who was Ma Mingzhen?
(a) A party leader at Beida.
(b) Lin Biao's mistress.
(c) A chemical worker who had been arrested and shot for speaking critically of Lin Biao.
(d) Lin Liguo's wife.

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

3. Why were qualified teachers hesitant to offer lecture courses upon returning to Beida?
(a) They feared being unpopular with students.
(b) They feared having their ignorance revealed.
(c) They feared being labeled "bourgeois academic authorites."
(d) They feared the students would not comprehend their lectures.

4. Which two Beida groups refused to give ground and cooperate?
(a) Administrators and Nie Yuanzi.
(b) New Beida and Jinggang Mountain.
(c) Jinggang Mountain and Nie Yuanzi.
(d) Students and teachers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Durig the summer of 1968, how many students were killed by New Beida students?

2. How did Yue Daiyun accidentally injure Lao Tang?

3. What materials did Yue Daiyun have to construct housing in Liyuzhou?

4. What did Tang Dan want to do for the Jinggang Mountain students?

5. Why was Tang Dan disillusioned with her work in Dedu county?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was schistosomiasis a danger for those working in rice paddies?

2. Why was the educational level of college age youth lower in 1970?

3. What was Liang Xiao? What was its purpose?

4. Why was Yue Daiyun apprehensive when Tang Dan decided to go into the army?

5. Which children were admitted into New Beida?

6. Why did a smiling photo of Lao Tang get him in trouble?

7. How did the disputes between factions at the university resemble civil war?

8. Why were admission examinations eliminated from the requirements for university entrance in 1970?

9. What was unusual about the arrival of the first students at the cadre school being established in Liyuzhou?

10. Why had Lao Tang not left Liang Xiao?

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