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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a cadre?
(a) A revolutionary trainee.
(b) A revolutionary trainer.
(c) A prisoner.
(d) An informant.

2. What did the commune at Zhaitang produce for income?
(a) Apricot seeds and walnuts.
(b) Millet and rice.
(c) Vegetables and wheat.
(d) Chickens and millet.

3. What work assignment did Yue Daiyun receive upon returning to Beida after her two-year absence?
(a) Working as a librarian.
(b) Teaching first-year students in literary history.
(c) Writing commentaries on poems of the Tang dynasty.
(d) Cutting stencils for supplementary materials.

4. What did Chairman Mao seem to be encouraging in 1956?
(a) Individuality.
(b) Capitalism
(c) Open criticism of the Communist party.
(d) A move to the right.

5. What does the name "Xiao" mean in Mandarin Chinese?
(a) "Dear."
(b) "Small."
(c) "Son."
(d) "Grand."

Short Answer Questions

1. What first shook Yue Daiyun's faith in the Communist party?

2. Why was Yue Daiyun's sister-in-law's father imprisoned?

3. How was Lao Wei exonerated from the rightist charge against him?

4. How did Yue Daiyun learn to carry water?

5. What was the first criticism of Lao Tang at the Beida Youth League Congress?

(see the answer key)

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