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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Yue Daiyun relieved of her teaching duties in 1965?
(a) She had praised a student essay that was critical of the system.
(b) She had written an essay that was critical of the system.
(c) She had made a poster criticizing the Four Clean-Ups.
(d) She had taught students that the Three Red Banners were incorrect.

2. What song did Yue Daiyun's brother use to comfort her while she was being criticized?
(a) "I Dream of Jeannie."
(b) "La Donna est Mobile."
(c) "My Old Kentucky Home."
(d) "La Marseille."

3. How did Lao Shi die?
(a) He was accidentally shot.
(b) He was beaten to death while attempting to escape to Burma.
(c) He fell from a walnut tree.
(d) He commited suicide.

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

5. How did Yue Daiyun learn to carry water?
(a) On a shoulder pole.
(b) In handheld buckets.
(c) On her head.
(d) In a wheelbarrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objection did Communist party members have to the French novel, The Red and the Black?

2. What is the traditional baby gift given by a Chinese maternal grandmother?

3. What necessary tool did the Beida students accuse the work team of failing to employ?

4. What is the "white and expert way"?

5. Who were the first enemies of the Communists to be punished by being publicly paraded?

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