Q.1
Mao announced his successor at the new Party Congress which opened in April Who was this to be?
  • Zhou En Lai
  • Lin Biao
  • Jiang Quing
  • Deng Xiaoping
Q.2
Which paramilitary group, composed of young people, was encouraged by Mao and his cronies to militant action from 1966?
  • Revolutionary Guards
  • Red Guards
  • People's Guards
  • People's Revolutionary Guards
Q.3
What do the letters GPCR stand for?
  • Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
  • Grand Proletarian Cultural Revolution
  • Great People's Cultural Revolution
  • Grand People's Cultural Revolution
Q.4
Throughout this period the Chinese Communist Party published the official newspaper which quickly achieved a monopoly. What was this publication called?
  • The People's News
  • The People's Daily
  • The Red Gazette
  • The Peking Daily
Q.5
Mao identified "5 black categories", which the Cultural Revolution was intended to eliminate. Which of the following four groups was not in the original list?
  • Rich peasants
  • Reactionaries
  • Rightists
  • University scientists
Q.6
In 1968 the government introduced a compulsory "rustication" programme for students and young professionals, and 12 million people took part in this scheme between 1968 and What did rustication involve?
  • Compulsory relocation to a city far away from home, where they would have to carry out manual work for a period of several years
  • Compulsory relocation to a rural area, where they would work on a commune (collective farm)
  • To be sent to another communist country where they would do manual work - either on a collective farm or in a factory (North Korea and North Vietnam were favourite destinations)
  • To be compelled to undertake manual work either at university or in a professional workplace, (a hospital, clinic, surgery, legal premises, architects' or engineers' practice) near their home or place of study/employment
Q.7
The Cultural Revolution involved numerous attacks on people and buildings. Which one of the following was not desecrated in this period?
  • Qufu in Shandong Province, the home of Confucius
  • The British Embassy in Beijing
  • Quinghua University in Beijing
  • The Forbidden City in Beijing
Q.8
In furtherance of the cult of personality, Mao was filmed swimming in a Chinese river in July He intended to scotch rumours of his ill health, and to spread an image of robust good health and power. In which river did this incident take place?
  • The Hwang Ho
  • The Yangtse Kiang
  • The Red River
  • The Yalu River
Q.9
Those who were found guilty in self-criticism sessions were expected to wear a particular form of head gear. What was this?
  • A conical penitent's hat like those used in Spain by the Inquisition for heretics in an earlier era
  • A dunce's cap
  • A paper crown
  • A crown of thorns
Q.10
"The Red Detachment of Women" was the title of a work of art that received official recognition under Mao. What form did it take?
  • A film
  • A stage play
  • An opera
  • A ballet
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