Chinese Revolution quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   What pocket-sized book of revolutionary quotes was carried across China during Mao's rule?

   Answer: Little Red Book

   Why: Over a billion copies were printed, making it one of the most widely published texts in history.

2. 2 Medium

   Which unexpected mishap in Hankou triggered the sudden outbreak of the 1911 Chinese Revolution?

   Answer: A bomb exploded prematurely

   Why: After the blast, Russian concession police found the rebels' membership rolls, and the New Army rose the next evening: 10 October, now Double Ten Day.

3. 3 Hard

   Outrage over which post-war treaty sparked China's transformative 1919 May Fourth Movement?

   Answer: Treaty of Versailles

   Why: Despite sending 140,000 Chinese laborers to assist the Western Allies in Europe, China received none of its captured land back.

4. 4 Easy

   What massive military retreat across China solidified Mao Zedong's leadership of the Red Army?

   Answer: Long March

   Why: Fewer than ten percent of the roughly 86,000 soldiers who began the march in Jiangxi survived the brutal trek to Shaanxi.

5. 5 Medium

   Why did Zhang Xueliang kidnap Chiang Kai-shek in the 1936 Xi'an Incident?

   Answer: To force an alliance against Japan

   Why: Zhang let Chiang go, then paid for the kidnapping with more than 50 years under house arrest; he died in Honolulu in 2001, aged 100.

6. 6 Hard

   What 1927 purge abruptly ended the First United Front?

   Answer: Shanghai massacre

   Why: Nationalist troops allied with Shanghai's powerful Green Gang crime syndicate to eliminate communist labor organizers.