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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What objection did Communist party members have to the French novel, The Red and the Black?
(a) It encouraged blind acquiescence.
(b) It encouraged immorality.
(c) It encouraged disrespect.
(d) It encouraged individual creativity over self-effacement.

2. What was Yue Daiyun's job during the famine in Zhaitang?
(a) Pitting walnuts.
(b) Caring for pigs.
(c) Grinding corncobs to make flour.
(d) Collecting apricot pits for oil.

3. What was "Contemporary Heroes"?
(a) A literary magazine.
(b) An underground newspaper.
(c) A foreign novel.
(d) A blog.

4. How many people was Yue Daiyun required to identify as rightists?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Yue Daiyun draw a line between herself and her husband's family?

3. How does Lao Wei advise Yue Daiyun to deal with the cadres?

4. What did Chairman Mao seem to be encouraging in 1956?

5. What percentage of workers charged as rightists were work units expected to unveil in 1958?

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