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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many employees at China Information Headquarters were found to be politically untrustworthy during the Four Clean-Ups?

2. What is a kang?

3. What political decision did Yue Daiyun make upon her return to Beida after her two-year absence?

4. What interrupted Yue Daiyun's celebration of her son's one-month birthday?

5. What work assignment did Yue Daiyun receive upon returning to Beida after her two-year absence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between one who is an "alien class element" and one who is a "counter-revolutionary"?

2. In 1976, what did the students do to Yue Daiyun's home?

3. What was the job of the sent-down cadres in the countryside?

4. Why did Yue Daiyun object to Lao Tang's brother's wife?

5. How did the peasants react to the decision to distribute work points evenly, with eight each day for women and ten per day for men?

6. What did Yue Daiyun see in Old Uncle that she had never seen among the intellectuals?

7. Why did Yue Daiyun support Party policy above her own conscience?

8. Why did the famine of 1959 change Yue Daiyun's opinion of the Communist Party?

9. Where had the idea of parading enemies come from?

10. Why did Yue Daiyun decide not to object to being considered a rightist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many philosophies are brought under condemnation during Yue Daiyun's experiences. These include rightism, ultra-rightism, ultra-leftism, capitalism, objectivism, subjectivism, and others. Select two of these philosophies to compare and contrast.

Essay Topic 2

Many of the campaigns described in this book are designated with numbers. These include The Four Clean-Ups, the Three Separations, etc. In your essay, give several examples of these movements and your opinion about why they are numbered in this way.

Essay Topic 3

At some points, it was considered a criminal activity to feel pity or compassion for anyone who had been established as an enemy of the state. Analyze the purpose and results of this attitude toward kindness for wrongdoers.

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