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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Zhou Enlai not order the helicopter carrying Lin Biao's co-conspirators shot down?
(a) He sympathized with Lin Biao.
(b) He was part of the conspiracy himself.
(c) He wanted survivors to tell what happened.
(d) He wanted the conspirators imprisoned.

2. What physical difficulty was brought on for Yue Daiyun and others by the famine in Zhaitang?
(a) Constipation.
(b) Vomiting.
(c) Fainting.
(d) Diarrhea.

3. How were workers and peasants to be portrayed in all acceptable literary work?
(a) As "heroic and noble."
(b) As "tall, valued, and perfect."
(c) As "upwardly mobile."
(d) As "humble, wise, and meek."

4. What was the first criticism of Lao Tang at the Beida Youth League Congress?
(a) Teaching capitalist ideas.
(b) Staying up all night talking with Yue Daiyun.
(c) Supporting rightist teachers.
(d) Killing frogs who were interrupting the music.

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 being labeled "bourgeois academic authorites."
(d) They feared the students would not comprehend their lectures.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Nie Yuanzi claim to believe in but refused to do?

3. What did the "Reveal Things Thoroughly to the Bottom" Detachment intend to do?

4. What shocked Yue Daiyun upon her return to Beida?

5. How was Beida preparing for nuclear war in 1972?

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