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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 materials did Yue Daiyun have to construct housing in Liyuzhou?
(a) Bricks and mortar.
(b) Clay and straw.
(c) Wood and clay.
(d) Bamboo and thatch.

2. What was the fate of the peasant university students who had not been given an education?
(a) They were given another chance for a university education.
(b) They were sent to labor in the countryside.
(c) They were accepted for factory work.
(d) They were inducted into the army.

3. Why were friendship bonds more likely at the cadre school than at Beida?
(a) There was more time in the relaxed atmosphere.
(b) Competition for positions was secret.
(c) Everyone was on equal footing.
(d) No one knew another's salary.

4. Durig the summer of 1968, how many students were killed by New Beida students?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

5. Why was Tang Dan disillusioned with her work in Dedu county?
(a) Mismanagement had caused poor crop yields.
(b) Peasants had been mistreated.
(c) Money had been embezzled.
(d) Her efforts had been unappreciated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Beida preparing for nuclear war in 1972?

2. What was the Red Guard?

3. With what did Chairman Mao aim to replace Confucianism?

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

5. What were the "two erroneous viewpoints" that students were taught to beware of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why had Lao Tang not left Liang Xiao?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why were the department leaders angry with Yue Daiyun when they offered her the opportunity to assist with educational reforms on campus?

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