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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 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 the students would not comprehend their lectures.
(d) They feared being labeled "bourgeois academic authorites."

2. What task was Nie Yuanzi given in Liyuqhou?
(a) Carrying buckets of urine.
(b) Tying sheaves to make thatch.
(c) Making bricks from clay.
(d) Cutting bamboo into poles.

3. What group refused to obey Chairman Mao's directive to continue education?
(a) High school and university students.
(b) High school teachers and administrators.
(c) University teachers.
(d) University administrators.

4. What was the first lesson in self-reliance the new students at the cadre school in Liyuzhou would learn?
(a) They had to cook their own meals.
(b) They had to sew their own clothing.
(c) They had to walk thirty-five miles to the school.
(d) They had to build their own living quarters.

5. How were students selected for university admission in 1970?
(a) By lottery.
(b) By examination.
(c) By recommendations from factory or army leaders.
(d) By ability to pay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Yue Daiyun able to save money during her months in Liyuzhou?

2. What did Nie Yuanzi claim to believe in but refused to do?

3. What was Yue Daiyun required to do for six months of the year in 1975?

4. Why was depression widespread in 1967?

5. Where did the "January seizure of Power" in 1967 take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did the student Red Guards at Beida dispute about Nie Yuanzi's policies?

8. Why was the building of permanent housing the most pressing task when Yue Daiyun's group arrived at Liyuzhou?

9. Why had Lao Tang not left Liang Xiao?

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

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