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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were qualified teachers hesitant to offer lecture courses upon returning to Beida?
(a) They feared being unpopular with students.
(b) They feared having their ignorance revealed.
(c) They feared being labeled "bourgeois academic authorites."
(d) They feared the students would not comprehend their lectures.

2. What disillusioned Yue Daiyun on her trip to the Soviet Union?
(a) She wasn't allowed to visit Red Square.
(b) The Chinese visitors were rudely treated.
(c) She observed social inequality.
(d) The Chinese visitors were not considered equals.

3. How were landlords punished in the village of Jiangxi during land reform?
(a) They were killed.
(b) They were beaten.
(c) They were harassed.
(d) They were sent away.

4. Why did Yue Daiyun's sister-in-law insist that the family separate during meals?
(a) She didn't have time to prepare meals for the whole group.
(b) Lao Tang had been declared a "big black element."
(c) The children were affected by family arguments.
(d) She wanted to draw a line between her and Yue Daiyun.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were alleged to be Black Gang members?

2. What choice was Yue Daiyun given in 1969?

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

4. Why did Yue Daiyun refuse expensive wedding gifts?

5. What was meant by saying that Nie Yuanzi could "touch heaven"?

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