Chapter 2 Exercise 1-BRead the following paragraphs and then answer the questions that follow.In Mao Zedong's China, going to prison did not mean the same thing as it did in the democracies. A man was always presumed guilty until he could prove himself innocent. The accused were judged not by their own deeds but by the acreage of land once possessed by their ancestors. A cloud of suspicion always hung over the heads of those with the wrong class origins.--Nien Cheng, Life and Death in Shanghai

Chapter 2 Exercise 1-B
Read the following paragraphs and then answer the questions that follow.
In Mao Zedong's China, going to prison did not mean the same thing as it did in the democracies. A man was always presumed guilty until he could prove himself innocent. The accused were judged not by their own deeds but by the acreage of land once possessed by their ancestors. A cloud of suspicion always hung over the heads of those with the wrong class origins.
--Nien Cheng, Life and Death in Shanghai

1. In a democracy like the United States, a person is presumed innocent until he or she is proved guilty. A. This statement is probably accurate.
B. This statement is probably inaccurate.

2. In China, during the Cultural Revolution, one's socioeconomic class was politically unimportant. A. This statement is probably accurate.
B. This statement is probably inaccurate.

3. The phrase"wrong class origins," mentioned in the last sentence, refers to the landowning class. A. This statement is probably accurate.
B. This statement is probably inaccurate.

4. Nien Cheng, the author of the passage, was sent to prison for participating in illegal revolutionary activities. A. This statement is probably accurate.
B. This statement is probably inaccurate.

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