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Chinese History Part II Trivia Quiz

Follow up to the first Chinese History Quiz - This is a very difficult quiz, based on Chinese history. Try to see if you can nab a couple of these questions, and learn something about the 5,000 year history of China in the meantime. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 6 mins.

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Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Chinese people consider Li Bai and Tu Fu to be the two greatest poets in their history. During which dynasty did they write their poetry? Hint

Shang

Han

Tang

Song

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Question 2 of 10

2. The Han empire is split into the Former Han and the Later Han. A fifteen year interlude saw the usurping of the throne. What was the name of this usurper? Hint

Wang Mang

An Lushan

Wu Ti

Liu Bang

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Question 3 of 10

3. This man was a long time advisor to Mao Zedong and was the Chinese Red Army leader from 1931. He served as head of state from 1975 to 1976, when he died. Who was he? Hint

Zhu De

Hu Yaobang

Zhou Enlai

Yang Shangkun

4. During the Qin dynasty, books were burned. These books particularly included philosophical treatises and other related literature. The books of one school of philosophy were spared this treatment. Which school of philosophy survived unscathed? Hint

Confucianism

Legalism

Moism

Naturalism

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Question 5 of 10

5. The Ming dynasty is considered the Chinese age of exploration. Name the eunuch who led seven expeditions between the years of 1405 and 1433 A.D. that reached all the way to Africa. Hint

Yang Lo

Li Zicheng

Kang Youwei

Zheng He

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Question 6 of 10

6. The Manchus were able to conquer China by 1644, after which, the Qing dynasty was established. Who was the Manchurian chieftain that first united the Manchu state in 1586? Hint

Nurhachi

Dorgon

Abahai

Kangxi

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Question 7 of 10

7. Everyone knows it as 'Zen Buddhism'. But, prior to its arrival in Japan, it was thriving in China as which sect? Hint

Yen

Tien-tai

Chan

Chen-yen

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Question 8 of 10

8. Buddhism arrived in China from India around the 1st century A.D. The early Buddhists brought with them the scriptures known as the Tripitaka, or 'three baskets'. Which of the following is not a division of the Tripitaka? Hint

Sanghas

Vinayas

Sutras

Abhidharmas

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Question 9 of 10

9. The Chinese and Japanese fought the first Sino-Japanese war from 1894 to 1895. The Chinese lost and following the war ceded several territories to Japan as per the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki. Which of the following was not a ceded territory? Hint

Taiwan

Kwantung Peninsula

Pescadores Islands

Korea

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Question 10 of 10

10. Over a thousand years after the end of the Zhou dynasty, four short works were selected out of the great mass of classical Chinese literature and called 'The Four Books'. Which of the following was not one of the books selected? Hint

Da Xue

Yi Jing

Zhong Yong

Lun Yu

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Chinese people consider Li Bai and Tu Fu to be the two greatest poets in their history. During which dynasty did they write their poetry?

Answer: Tang

The height of Chinese poetry is said to have occurred during the Tang dynasty. Few Chinese historians would argue this fact.

2. The Han empire is split into the Former Han and the Later Han. A fifteen year interlude saw the usurping of the throne. What was the name of this usurper?

Answer: Wang Mang

Wang Mang was actually a reformer, who attempted to overturn much of the corruption that occurred during the former Han. Unfortunately, the problems of the empire were too great, and he was killed by rebels in the year 23 A.D.

3. This man was a long time advisor to Mao Zedong and was the Chinese Red Army leader from 1931. He served as head of state from 1975 to 1976, when he died. Who was he?

Answer: Zhu De

Zhu De actually organized the Chinese Red Army for war against the Chinese Nationalists and against Westerners during the Korean War.

Answer: Legalism

After the Qin dynasty, legalism slowly died out and disappeared as a state advocated philosophy during the Han.

5. The Ming dynasty is considered the Chinese age of exploration. Name the eunuch who led seven expeditions between the years of 1405 and 1433 A.D. that reached all the way to Africa.

Answer: Zheng He

Zheng He brought many items of Chinese pottery and porcelain to places as distant as the Middle East and Africa. Remains of some of these items can still be found in archaelogical digs.

6. The Manchus were able to conquer China by 1644, after which, the Qing dynasty was established. Who was the Manchurian chieftain that first united the Manchu state in 1586?

Answer: Nurhachi

The Manchus ruled China from 1644 until the overturn of the Qing empire in 1911.

7. Everyone knows it as 'Zen Buddhism'. But, prior to its arrival in Japan, it was thriving in China as which sect?

Answer: Chan

Chan buddhism is a meditation sect and focuses the practitioner on quick 'enlightenment'. The life of a practitioner was one of hard work and rugged self-reliance. The Chan buddhists were also intensely anti-scholastic.

Answer: Sanghas

The Vinayas are 'disciplines' for monastic life, the Sutras are 'discourses', the major teachings of Buddha, and the Abhidharmas are scholastic elaborations of those teachings.

Answer: Korea

Korea was not ceded but its independence was 'recognized' by both parties within the treaty.

Answer: Yi Jing

The four books were: Da Xue (The Great Learning), Zhong Yong (Doctrine of the Mean), Lun Yu (Analects), and Meng Zi (Mencius). The Yi Jing (Classic of Changes) is one of the 'Five Classics' of Chinese literature, along with Classic of Songs, Classic of Documents, Spring and Autumn Annals, and the Record of Rituals.

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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