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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 did Yue Daiyun believe the generation she was teaching had that hers lacked?
(a) Courage to fight for their convictions.
(b) Interest in public affairs.
(c) Intelligence to understand the forces at work in society.
(d) Compassion for other students.

2. Why was Lao Tang shocked as he studied Lin Biao's life?
(a) Lin Biao had lived a simple, monastic life.
(b) Lin Biao had never been a Communist.
(c) Lin Biao had enjoyed many kinds of bureaucratic privileges.
(d) Lin Biao had believed sincerely in Confucianism.

3. Why did Lao Tang's photograph with Liang Xiao members become a problem?
(a) He was harsh and unfriendly looking.
(b) He was photographed in a bad light.
(c) He was associated with a group held responsible for the disaster.
(d) He was smiling at a time of great disaster.

4. What were the "three separations" believed to plague university education?
(a) Separation of the university from China's cultural heritage throughout three centuries.
(b) Separation of the university from business, diplomacy, and international relations.
(c) Separation of the university from practice, politics, and manual labor.
(d) Separation of the university from worldwide educational networks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem added to the difficulties of the second year at the cadre school?

2. What was Yue Daiyun's diet during her first months in Liyuzhou?

3. Where were 21 people killed in campus warfare?

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

5. Durig the summer of 1968, how many students were killed by New Beida students?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why had Lao Tang not left Liang Xiao?

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

6. Why was Yue Daiyun stunned and unhappy at the new student orientation at the cadre school?

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

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

9. Why did Yue Daiyun find it difficult to teach a course about the struggle between bourgeois and proletarian literary theory?

10. Which children were admitted into New Beida?

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