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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Yue Daiyun believe the generation she was teaching had that hers lacked?
(a) Courage to fight for their convictions.
(b) Intelligence to understand the forces at work in society.
(c) Compassion for other students.
(d) Interest in public affairs.

2. Why was Lao Tang endangered by the arrest of the Gang of Four?
(a) The Gang of Four had turned against him.
(b) The Gang of Four had been Lao Tang's only supporters.
(c) The Gang of Four had supported him and they were now imprisoned.
(d) The Gang of Four would identify Lao Tang as a dissident.

3. Why were friendship bonds more likely at the cadre school than at Beida?
(a) Everyone was on equal footing.
(b) No one knew another's salary.
(c) There was more time in the relaxed atmosphere.
(d) Competition for positions was secret.

4. Where did the "January seizure of Power" in 1967 take place?
(a) Beida.
(b) Quanzhou.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Tiananmen Square.

5. Durig the summer of 1968, how many students were killed by New Beida students?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

6. Which family member was sent to a military farm in Dedu county?
(a) Yue Daiyun.
(b) Tang Shuang.
(c) Tang Dan.
(d) Lao Tang.

7. What did Chairman Mao declare in 1966 that intellectuals must undergo?
(a) Punishment by incarceration.
(b) Education of peasants, workers, and soldiers.
(c) Ostracization by peasants, workers, and soldiers.
(d) Reeducation by peasants, workers, and soldiers.

8. Why did Lin Biao, Chairman Mao's closest ally, decide to flee the country?
(a) He was disillusioned with Communism.
(b) He had failed in an assassination attempt.
(c) He had struck a deal with the Soviets.
(d) He was embezzling money.

9. How often was Lao Tang allowed to go home while under suspicion?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
(c) Once every two weeks.
(d) Every weekend.

10. How were workers and peasants to be portrayed in all acceptable literary work?
(a) As "tall, valued, and perfect."
(b) As "humble, wise, and meek."
(c) As "heroic and noble."
(d) As "upwardly mobile."

11. What did Tang Dan want to do for the Jinggang Mountain students?
(a) Fight their final battle with them.
(b) Help New Beida to overcome them.
(c) Continue to bring food to them.
(d) Persuade them to surrender.

12. What effect had the harsh cold of the Dedu county winters had on Tang Dan?
(a) She suffered from pneumonia.
(b) She had developed rheumatism.
(c) Her menstrual periods had stopped.
(d) She had developed bronchial problems.

13. In Chinese belief, what do physical cataclysms often foretell?
(a) Political cataclysms.
(b) Good fortune.
(c) The death of an important person.
(d) The birth of an important person.

14. What was meant by saying that Nie Yuanzi could "touch heaven"?
(a) She was near death.
(b) Her language was sublime.
(c) She had access to top government leadership.
(d) She was nearly perfect.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What privileges did Lao Tang receive as he studied Lin Biao's life?

2. What were the "two erroneous viewpoints" that students were taught to beware of?

3. Why were the students at the cadre school in Liyuzhou not enthused about their prospects there?

4. Which of Yue Daiyun's family members belonged to the Jinggang Mountain Corps?

5. In August, 1973, with whom did Chairman Mao link the defection of Lin Biao?

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