Cultural Revolution Quiz

What was the main goal of Mao Zedong's Five-Year Plans during the Cultural Revolution?

• To transform the nation

• To increase taxes

• To build more schools

• To reduce the population

What was one of the problems faced by farmers under the new system during the Cultural Revolution?

• High prices for their produce

• Lack of land to farm

• Low prices for their produce

• Too much rain for crops

What were the "Four Olds" that people were expected to reject under Mao's leadership?

• Old ideas, old culture, old customs, old habits

• Old friends, old books, old clothes, old houses

• Old songs, old dances, old games, old stories

• Old food, old drinks, old recipes, old traditions

What was the impact of the Cultural Revolution on education and land ownership?

• Education became available to the masses, and families could own the land they worked

• Education was restricted, and land was taken away from families

• Education was unchanged, and land was given to the wealthy

• Education was improved, and land was shared equally

Why were the parents burning pictures in the bathroom?

• They were cleaning the house.

• The pictures were considered fourolds.

• They wanted to make a fire for warmth.

• The pictures were damaged by water.

What did the narrator notice about the bathroom when they entered?

• It was filled with water.

• It was filled with thick smoke.

• It was very cold.

• It was brightly lit.

What did the narrator's mom do with the ashes from the burned pictures?

• She kept them in a jar.

• She threw them in the trash.

• She flushed them down the toilet.

• She buried them in the garden.

What was the narrator's reaction to the picture of Dad sitting on a camel?

• They wanted to keep it.

• They laughed at it.

• They ignored it.

• They tore it up.

What is the name of the army of young students that Mao used to enforce policies in the 1960's?

• The Red Guard

• The Kuomintang

• The Red Beret

• The Alliance for Progress

During China's Cultural Revolution, led by Mao Zedong in the 1960's and 1970's, which event occurred?

• Intellectuals were honored and were given many high governmental positions.

• China participated in numerous intenational conferences to celebrate its arts.

• Many Chinese intellectuals were persecuted, exiled and sometimes executed.

• Nationalist military forces from Taiwan attempted to invade the country and start a civil war.