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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 had failed in an assassination attempt.
(b) He had struck a deal with the Soviets.
(c) He was disillusioned with Communism.
(d) He was embezzling money.

2. What effect did Yue Daiyun believe the elimination of "middle characters" would have on student readers?
(a) Readers would distrust the new literature.
(b) Readers would lower their personal behavioral standards.
(c) Readers would suffer from unattainable ideals.
(d) Readers would emulate the literary characters.

3. Why was Yue Daiyun encouraged about the teachers at the cadre school in Liyuzhou?
(a) They were more cooperative with one another.
(b) They were older and more stable.
(c) They were less arrogant and more willing to learn from their students.
(d) They were better educated.

4. What honorific assignment did Lao Tang receive in 1973?
(a) He was named a Confucian scholar.
(b) He was part of the committee analyzing Lin Biao's materials.
(c) He was to be part of the "black gang."
(d) He was made a chairman of the cadre school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What privileges did Lao Tang receive as he studied Lin Biao's life?

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

3. Why were the students at the cadre school in Liyuzhou not enthused about their prospects there?

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

5. How often was Lao Tang allowed to go home while under suspicion?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What were the most emphatic new directives from Chairman Mao as the conflicts escalated?

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

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

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

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

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