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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What political decision did Yue Daiyun make upon her return to Beida after her two-year absence?
(a) To avoid social issues and concentrate on her studies.
(b) To focus on social issues and her studies.
(c) To carefully select which social issues should involve her.
(d) To become a leader in the field of literary history.

3. Why was Yue Daiyun's long-awaited home visit depressing?
(a) She became ill and spent the time recuperating.
(b) Her baby didn't remember her, and she was a stranger on campus.
(c) Her students were openly hostile to her.
(d) She had to face charges and criticism at home.

4. What was Yue Daiyun's first assigned task at the commune in Zhaitang?
(a) Drawing water.
(b) Preparing breakfast for the group.
(c) Collecting rocks to build a dam.
(d) Collecting clay to mix with coal for the fire.

5. What physical difficulty was brought on for Yue Daiyun and others by the famine in Zhaitang?
(a) Diarrhea.
(b) Vomiting.
(c) Fainting.
(d) Constipation.

6. What was Yue Daiyun's overriding reaction to her two years as a peasant worker?
(a) Shame.
(b) Resentment at time wasted.
(c) Anger.
(d) Gratitude.

7. Who was Yue Daiyun's first love?
(a) Gao Zhongyi.
(b) Lao Tang.
(c) Robert Winter.
(d) Lao Gu.

8. What were Old Aunt and Old Uncle's parting gifts to Yue Daiyun?
(a) Rice and eggs.
(b) Eggs and walnuts.
(c) Apricots and rice.
(d) Walnuts and apricots.

9. How does the bride approach her husband's home in Chinese tradition?
(a) She walks alone.
(b) She is carried there.
(c) She walks with her groom.
(d) She walks with her relatives.

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

11. How was Lao Wei exonerated from the rightist charge against him?
(a) The peasants spoke in his behalf.
(b) Yue Daiyun proved the criticisms wrong.
(c) He made a false confession.
(d) His cadre affirmed his good work habits.

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

13. How many people in Beida had been declared rightists in 1958?
(a) Seven hundred students.
(b) Five hundred students and 100 faculty members.
(c) Three hundred faculty members.
(d) One hundred students and 500 faculty members.

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

15. What interrupted Yue Daiyun's celebration of her son's one-month birthday?
(a) A meeting at which she was to be honored.
(b) A meeting at which her husband was to be honored.
(c) A meeting at which she was to be criticized.
(d) A meeting at which her husband was to be criticized.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Yue Daiyun's sister-in-law insist that the family separate during meals?

3. According to Chinese legend, why does a baby smile for the first time?

4. How did Chairman Mao refer to Nie Yuanzi?

5. Why was returning to Beijing in 1966 disheartening for Yue Daiyun?

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