The Long March Quiz

Who advised Chiang to implement a policy of progressive encirclement during the fifth campaign?

• Zhu De

• Hans von Seeckt

• Mao Zedong

• Otto Braun

What was the result of the Communist spies' report from the GMD camp?

• Aerial bombing attack on the enclosed communist forces

• Peace negotiations between GMD and CCP

• Supply drop for the communist forces

• Withdrawal of GMD forces

Who took control of the CCP at the meeting in Zunyi?

• Zhou Enlai and Otto Braun

• Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shaoqi

• Chiang Kai-shek and Hans von Seeckt

• Mao Zedong and Zhu De

What was the result of the Reds' arrival in Yanan?

• They were welcomed by the GMD forces

• They had only 10,000 survivors

• They were forced to retreat further north

• They were attacked by the local warlords

What was the long-term impact of the Long March on the CCP?

• It resulted in the loss of Yanan base

• It led to the dissolution of the CCP

• It created martyrs and promoted comradeship

• It weakened Mao's grip on power

What was the primary purpose of the Long March according to at least one historian?

• To negotiate peace with the GMD

• To seek support from the Soviet Union

• To strengthen Mao's grip on power

• To establish a new base in Yanan

When the economic blockade was imposed upon the Jianxi soviet, the ring was progressively tightened to reduce its square milage from 12,000 to just

• 2000

• 1500

• 1000

• 500

At the end of the ​ (a)   the Communists were able to establish a new ​ (b)   in Yanan for the next 12 years. Where ​ (c)   developed his ​ (d)   of ​ communism under Chinese conditions, in which the ​​ (e)   rather than the proletariat took the leading role.

• Long March
• base
• Mao
• theory
• peasantry
• proletariat
• principle

In the eyes of Chiang Kai Shek's followers, the Long March was really the....

• Great Victory

• Great Sleep

• Great Retreat

• Great Wall

When Chiang began his Mass Extermination Campaign, he virtually ignored...

• Foreign opinion

• Communists

• Peasants

• The Japanese invasion of Manchuria