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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Yue Daiyun teach during 1973?
(a) She was not allowed to teach.
(b) In Beida.
(c) In the cadre school.
(d) In the offices of the Hebei Daily newspaper.

2. What did the Jinggang Mountain Corps want?
(a) To support Nie Yuanzi's leadership of Beida.
(b) To overthrow Nie Yuanzi's leadership of Beida.
(c) To dominate the Red Guard.
(d) To overthrow Chairman Mao.

3. What task was Nie Yuanzi given in Liyuqhou?
(a) Tying sheaves to make thatch.
(b) Carrying buckets of urine.
(c) Making bricks from clay.
(d) Cutting bamboo into poles.

4. What physical affliction had Yue Daiyun's father-in-law suffered in her two-year absence?
(a) Memory loss.
(b) Debilitating high blood pressure.
(c) A paralyzing stroke.
(d) Heart failure.

5. 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 the conspirators imprisoned.
(d) He wanted survivors to tell what happened.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Yue Daiyun's long-awaited home visit depressing?

2. Why was Yue Daiyun encouraged in 1977?

3. How did Lao Shi die?

4. How were landlords punished in the village of Jiangxi during land reform?

5. How did Chairman Mao refer to Nie Yuanzi?

(see the answer key)

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