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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 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.

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

3. What decision made in 1966 does Yue Daiyun come to deeply regret?
(a) She had an abortion.
(b) She had a second child.
(c) She decided never to have another child.
(d) She became pregnant.

4. What were students assigned to do in the winter at the cadre school, in the absence of books?
(a) Write novels.
(b) Read newspaper articles out loud.
(c) Compose poetry.
(d) Self-criticize.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Tang Dan disillusioned with her work in Dedu county?

2. Which family member was sent to a military farm in Dedu county?

3. Why did Lao Tang's photograph with Liang Xiao members become a problem?

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

5. What eventuality most threatens those in power in China?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why had Lao Tang not left Liang Xiao?

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

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