Multiple choice questions. 4 points each, 60 points in total.
| Who is the novelist of To Live of which Zhang Yimou’s same title film is an adoption? | ||||||||||||
| Lu Xun | Gu Hus | Ba Jin | Yu Hua | |||||||||
| Which historical period is not covered in this historical novel or film? | ||||||||||||
| The Chinese Civil War | War against Japanese Aggression | Land Reform | Great Leap Forward | Culturual Revolution | ||||||||
| In which historical period do Fugui and Jiazhen lose their son Youqing? | ||||||||||||
| The Chinese Civil war | War against Japanese Aggression | Land Reform | Great Leap Forward | Culturual Revolution | ||||||||
| In which historical period do Fugui and Jiazhen lose their daughter Feng Xia? | ||||||||||||
| The Chinese Civil War | War against Japanese Aggression | Land reform | Great Leap Forward | Culturual Revolution | ||||||||
| In which historical period do Fugui and Jiazhen witness the execution of their friend Long’er? | ||||||||||||
| The Chinese Civil War | War against Japanese Aggression | Land Reform | Great Leap Forward | Culturual Revolution | ||||||||
| In which historical period is Fugui’s army buddy Old Quan shot and killed? | ||||||||||||
| The Chinese Civil War | War against Japanese Aggression | Land Reform | Great Leap Forward | Culturual Revolution | ||||||||
| Why cannot Feng Xia speak anymore? | ||||||||||||
| She bit her tongue | She had a high fever | She ate bad medicine | Laryngitis | |||||||||
| How does Feng Xia die? | ||||||||||||
| Bled out while giving birth | Hit by a car | Starved | Beat dead by Red Guards | |||||||||
| How did Youqing die in the film? | ||||||||||||
| Bled out while giving birth | Hit by a car | Starved | Beat dead by Red guards | |||||||||
| How did Fugui’s father die? | ||||||||||||
| Too upset at Fugui | Illness | Old age | Beat dead by Red guards | |||||||||
| What is one of the unpredictable consequences of Long’er conning over Fugui’s family mansion? | ||||||||||||
| Execution as landlord | Drafted by People’s liberation army | Live a long and wealthy life | Kidnapped by bandits and murdered | |||||||||
| What is foreshadowed by Chun Sheng’s passion for driving automobiles? | ||||||||||||
| His becoming a government cadre | His auto accident that kills Youqing | He’s ousted by the communist party | His divorce with wife sick of his political zeal | |||||||||
| What does Fugui overlook when he sneaked out the gynecologist and professor Wang from prison to be present at Feng Xia’s childbirth? | ||||||||||||
| Wang nearly choke on food he gave | Red Guards nearly beat him to death | Fugui is labelled a counterrevolutionary | Feng Xia refuses to see a male gyneocologist | |||||||||
| What does town chief Niu to see happen while a loyal and dedicated Maoist? | ||||||||||||
| Be invested as a capitalist-roader | Be sent to a labor camp until he dies | |||||||||||
| His son is jobless because of him | Be labelled the enemy of the people | |||||||||||
| What would happen if Fugui had listened to Jiazhen and left Youqing asleep too exhausted? | ||||||||||||
| Fugui would be elected village head | Youqing would be alive | Feng Xia would live a prosperous life | Jiazhen would bear more children | |||||||||
