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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why had Yue Daiyun not protested when truckloads of students set out in a downpour?
(a) She had confidence in the leader of their group.
(b) She was sure the trip would be safe.
(c) She was afraid of being criticized yet again.
(d) It would have seemed disobedient to Chairman Mao's teachings about courage.

3. What choice was Yue Daiyun given in 1969?
(a) To go to the countryside or work in the propaganda committee.
(b) To supervise students in the countryside or be under house arrest.
(c) To remain on campus or return to the countryside.
(d) To work in the library or resume teaching classes.

4. What decision made in 1966 does Yue Daiyun come to deeply regret?
(a) She had an abortion.
(b) She had a second child.
(c) She became pregnant.
(d) She decided never to have another child.

5. What is the "red and expert way"?
(a) Scholarly work that serves the goals of politics.
(b) Scholarly work for its own sake.
(c) Sharing scholarly ideals with others.
(d) Scholarly work to point out political errors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Ma Mingzhen?

2. Why did Lin Biao, Chairman Mao's closest ally, decide to flee the country?

3. What eventuality most threatens those in power in China?

4. What caused the violence at Beida to abate?

5. What was Yue Daiyun required to do for six months of the year in 1975?

Short Essay Questions

1. What difficulties did Tang Dan encounter during her time with the military?

2. What was Lao Tang's initial impression of Jiang Qing?

3. Why were the department leaders angry with Yue Daiyun when they offered her the opportunity to assist with educational reforms on campus?

4. Why were members of the intellectual community resentful of Liang Xiao?

5. Why were admission examinations eliminated from the requirements for university entrance in 1970?

6. How did nine-year-old Tang Shuan help the Jinggang Mountain group?

7. How did the disputes between factions at the university resemble civil war?

8. Why was the building of permanent housing the most pressing task when Yue Daiyun's group arrived at Liyuzhou?

9. What did the student Red Guards at Beida dispute about Nie Yuanzi's policies?

10. How did those being interrogated about disparaging remarks against Jiang Qing manage to keep from implicating their family and friends?

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