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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 did the "Reveal Things Thoroughly to the Bottom" Detachment intend to do?
(a) Search faculty houses for capitalist possessions.
(b) Reveal counter-revolutionary statements in magazines and newspapers.
(c) Investigate the lives of government officials.
(d) Reveal bourgeois thinking among teachers.

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What pseudonym had Lao Tang and Lao Li, his friend, used to publish articles about Chinese philosophy?

2. What was Lao Tang's concern after being criticized for his membership in Liang Xiao?

3. What honor did Lao Tang receive in 1975?

4. In what area was Tang Shuang gifted?

5. What group refused to obey Chairman Mao's directive to continue education?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Tang Dan allowed as a child to help the Jinggang Mountain group?

2. Why did Yue Daiyun believe that bonds were closer at the cadre school than on the Beijing campus of Beida?

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

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

5. Why were members of the intellectual community resentful of Liang Xiao?

6. How did nine-year-old Tang Shuan help the Jinggang Mountain group?

7. Why was Lao Tang uneasy about national recognition of his work with Liang Xiao?

8. What difficulties did Tang Dan encounter during her time with the military?

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

10. Why were Chairman Mao's instructions to unite and return to classes ineffective?

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