Life and Death in Shanghai Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Nien Cheng
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 146 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Life and Death in Shanghai Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Nien Cheng
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 146 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 did Cheng get to and from the struggle meeting for lunch on July 4, 1966?

2. How many men were in the vehicle that took Cheng from her struggle meeting?

3. Why type of tea did Lao-zhao serve Chen and Li Zhen?

4. When did the Communist Army enter Shanghai?

5. When did Cheng visit the tomb of Ming emperor Wanli?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did it trouble Cheng that she was put in a ward with surgical cases?

2. Describe Cheng's cell at No. 1 Detention House.

3. Why did Cheng often think back to a few hours before midnight on July 3, 1966?

4. How did Lao-zhao get information to Cheng?

5. What was Cheng's job at the Shell Petroleum Company?

6. Why wasn't Cheng afraid to die?

7. Why did Cheng think the United States trained doctor was working in the prison hospital?

8. What did Cheng do to try to discipline herself with physical and mental exercise?

9. How did Xiao Xu escape to Hong Kong?

10. Why did Li Zhen commit suicide?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the things that Cheng did while she was in prison to keep herself physically and mentally fit.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, discuss the pressures that Cheng's brother experienced that contributed to him making a false accusation against Cheng.

Essay Topic 3

Cheng discussed the theory of communism and compared it to what she observed about communism in Communist China. Compare and contrast the theory of Communism and the practice of Communism in China.

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