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

2. Where did the "January seizure of Power" in 1967 take place?
(a) Quanzhou.
(b) Tiananmen Square.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Beida.

3. Why was "How to be a Good Communist" eventually repudiated?
(a) It encouraged individuality.
(b) It encouraged constant self-criticism.
(c) It encouraged denunciation of public figures.
(d) It encouraged slavish submission.

4. What did the Jinggang Mountain Corps want?
(a) To overthrow Chairman Mao.
(b) To dominate the Red Guard.
(c) To overthrow Nie Yuanzi's leadership of Beida.
(d) To support Nie Yuanzi's leadership of Beida.

5. What were the "two erroneous viewpoints" that students were taught to beware of?
(a) Knowledge is not a possession; education is apolitical.
(b) Knowledge is a public possession; education is central to politics.
(c) Knowledge is a private possession; education can disregard politics.
(d) Knowledge is a possession; education is political.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area was Tang Shuang gifted?

2. What did Chairman Mao declare in 1966 that intellectuals must undergo?

3. What did Lao Tang's mother send to augment his diet?

4. Where did Yue Daiyun teach during 1973?

5. In Chinese belief, what do physical cataclysms often foretell?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did those being interrogated about disparaging remarks against Jiang Qing manage to keep from implicating their family and friends?

7. Which children were admitted into New Beida?

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

9. Why did Yue Daiyun feel optimistic upon her return to Beida in spite of the dismal condition of the campus?

10. Why had Lao Tang not left Liang Xiao?

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