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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. What was "night fighting?"
(a) Using the latrines at night when ill.
(b) Group criticism.
(c) Working after dark at jobs that required less light.
(d) Struggle groups debating political issues.

2. Why was Yue Daiyun encouraged about the teachers at the cadre school in Liyuzhou?
(a) They were older and more stable.
(b) They were more cooperative with one another.
(c) They were less arrogant and more willing to learn from their students.
(d) They were better educated.

3. What pseudonym had Lao Tang and Lao Li, his friend, used to publish articles about Chinese philosophy?
(a) "Four Marxist Essayists."
(b) "Confused in Beida."
(c) "Three True Believers."
(d) "Two Concerned Citizens."

4. In August, 1973, with whom did Chairman Mao link the defection of Lin Biao?
(a) Confucius.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Marx.
(d) Stalin.

5. Why was Lao Tang shocked as he studied Lin Biao's life?
(a) Lin Biao had enjoyed many kinds of bureaucratic privileges.
(b) Lin Biao had lived a simple, monastic life.
(c) Lin Biao had never been a Communist.
(d) Lin Biao had believed sincerely in Confucianism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group refused to obey Chairman Mao's directive to continue education?

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

3. Why was Yue Diayun not as happy as the students at the prospect of returning to Beijing from the cadre school?

4. What did the famous "32 Cadres and Teachers" poster assert?

5. Why did Yue Daiyun and Lao Tang look forward to peasant life continuing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What astonished Lao Tang more than evidence of Lin Biao's reactionary viewpoint?

3. Why had Lao Tang not left Liang Xiao?

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

5. What were the most emphatic new directives from Chairman Mao as the conflicts escalated?

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

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

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

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

10. Why was schistosomiasis a danger for those working in rice paddies?

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