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MASTERING THE TERS
Use the passage and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
"These handcuffs are to punish you for your intransigence. You will wear them until you
are ready to confess. Only then will we take them
off. If you never confess, you will have to
wear them to your grave,' said the militant female
guard.... Under the watchful eyes of the
guards, I could not pray openly. The
only way I could be certain of being left alone with my
prayers was to bend my head over a volume of Mao
Zedong's books while I prayed to God
from my tormented heart."
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-Nien Cheng, Life and Death in Shanghai (1986)
Which event is the author describing in this passage?
A the jailing of dissidents in the Soviet Union during the Cold War
the torture of Jews in concentration camps
during the Holocaust
B
C
D
the mistreatment of Chinese civilians during Japan's invasion of China
the oppression of political prisoners during
the Cultural Revolution
Hist 13(B)
ial studier to answer questions 10 and 11.

what event is the author describing in the passage?