1.

How many provinces, municipalities,

autonomous regions, and special
administrative regions IN ALL comprise
Mainland China?
A. 56
  B. 33
  C. 22
 D.  8
2. How many ethnic minority
groups in China are officially
recognized by the PRC government?
 
  A. 56
B. 33.
C. 2
D. 511
3. What is the name of the 1,700
year-old village in Chongqing that
the government bulldozed in 2007
to build a hydro-electric power
plant?
   A.Gongtan C.   Sanlitun
   B.Hotan D.  Sai Kung
4. Which Chinese word refers to the
standard, most common form of
language in China?
 
   A. Zangyu C.Wuxihua
   B. Yueyu D. Putonghua
5. Prior to becoming a despot, what
is the only paid profession Mao
Zedong ever held?
 
   A. Assistant librarian
B. Coolie
   C. Rickshaw puller
   D.   Police officer
6. Which ethnic minority group in
China shares a direct bloodline with
the Turks?
 
  A.  Dong
   B. Uyghur
   C. Han
   D. Utsul
7. "China's unofficial 57th minority
group?
  A.   Expats
   B. Africans
   C.Tibetans
   D. Video gamers
8. What is the Chinese name for
Mount Everest?
 
   A. Qomolangma
   B. Zhumulangma
   C.Sagarmatha
   D. Eveles
10.“Pearl on Swan’s Neck” is a
moniker given to Heihe village in
which swan-shaped province?
 
   A. Shandong
   B. Heilongjiang
   C. Anhui
   D. Yunnan
20. In addition to Tibet, which
province is also home to China’s
Tibetan population?
 
   A. Gansu
   B. Qinghai
   C. Sichuan
   D. All of the above
11. The “Coconut City” at which
South China province?
 
   A. Yunnan
   B. Guangdong
   C. Guangxi
   D. Hainan
12. The names of many Chinese
provinces evoke poetic images. Which
of the following is the correct literal
translation of "Sichuan"?
  A.  north of the river
  B. within the mountains
  C. four rivers
  D. beyond the clouds
13. Which of these is an important
archaeological site in Sichuan,
dating from near the end of the
second millennium BC?
 
 A.Sanxingdui C.  Shuihudi
B. Mawangdui D.  Yinqueshan
14. One of the most famous people
born in Sichuan in ancient times
was Sima Xiangru. His was
renowned because of his skill as ...
 
A. Calligrapher C. a historian
B. a poetD.  a military strategist
15. Which of these warlords made
Sichuan his base during China's
Three Kingdoms period?
 
A. Liu Bei C. Sun Quan
B.  Cao Cao D. Lü Bu
16. Although famously spicy today,
the Sichuan cuisine was really quite
bland before New World food crops
(such as chili peppers) reached
China in the 16th century.
 
  A. True
  B. False
17. Which of these is the rebel leader known as
"The Yellow Tiger" who seized Sichuan at the
time of the Ming-Qing transition in the mid-
17th century, and whose brutal rule is usually
blamed for reducing the province's population
to such an extent that it took more than a
century to recover?
 
A.  Li Zicheng C. Zhang Xianzhong
B.  Wu Sangui D.  Zheng Chenggong
18. Popular protests in Sichuan during 1911
were an important part of the background to
the revolution that overthrew the Manchus in
1911-1912. What were the Sichuanese
protesting against?
 
  A. the Boxer indemnity
  B. foreign-financed railway development
  C. China's first personal income tax
 D.corrupt favorites of the Empress Dowager
19. Which of these post-Mao
leaders of the People's Republic of
China was born in Sichuan?
 
  A. Hu Jintao C.  Xi Jinping
 B. Jiang Zemin D.  Deng Xiaoping
20. Lest Chinese friends find this quiz
too easy, here's a question on
Sichuan's place in European literature:
Which of these German authors wrote
about a woman of Sichuan?
 
  A. Schiller C.  Goethe
  B. Mann D.  Brecht
20. In addition to Tibet, which
province is also home to China’s
Tibetan population?
 
   A. Gansu
   B. Qinghai
C. Sichuan
   D. All of the above