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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was unusual about the student revolutionary movement at Beida?

2. Durig the summer of 1968, how many students were killed by New Beida students?

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

4. What did the criminal activities of Lin Liguo and the defection of Lin Biao teach Yue Dainyun?

5. What was the Red Guard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Liang Xiao? What was its purpose?

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

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

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

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

9. Why was the educational level of college age youth lower in 1970?

10. Why was Yue Daiyun apprehensive when Tang Dan decided to go into the army?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Public displays as a form of punishment became common during the Cultural Revolution. Caps, arm bands, clothing of specific colors, cardboard placards, and the "airplane position" were all used as public humiliation. Discuss the purpose and effect of these punishments as compared with fines or imprisonment as punishment.

Essay Topic 2

Yue Daiyun describes her opinion about Stalin and her feelings at his death. In your essay, compare and contrast her thoughts about him with the opinion of Western civilization. Why is there such a difference?

Essay Topic 3

Write a brief explanatory history of the Gang of Four and the Cultural Revolution as seen through Yue Daiyun's eyes.

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