Cuban Revolution - Quiz
Cuban Revolution
  • 1. Which movement was Frank País affiliated with?
A) 26th of July Movement
B) Cuban Revolutionary Party
C) Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil
D) Communist Party of Cuba
  • 2. Where did Frank País organize an unsuccessful uprising in 1956?
A) Santiago de Cuba
B) Havana
C) Holguín
D) Sierra Maestra
  • 3. Who was Frank País's younger brother who was killed by police on 30 June 1957?
A) Raúl País
B) Fidel País
C) Josué País
D) José País
  • 4. Who did Frank País hide with on 21 July 1957?
A) José Salas Cañizares
B) Raúl Castro
C) Raúl Pujol Arencibia
D) Fidel Castro
  • 5. Who led the Santiago police that surrounded Frank País's safe house?
A) Fulgencio Batista
B) Raúl Pujol Arencibia
C) Josué País
D) Colonel José Salas Cañizares
  • 6. Where were Frank País and Raúl Pujol Arencibia taken and killed?
A) San Bartolomé Street
B) Santa Ifigenia Cemetery
C) Callejón del Muro
D) Santiago Police Station
  • 7. What was Frank País wearing when he was buried?
A) Civilian clothing
B) Olive green uniform and 26 July armband
C) Military dress blues
D) A suit and tie
  • 8. Where is Frank País buried?
A) The Frank País Museum
B) Colon Cemetery
C) Santa Ifigenia Cemetery
D) Santiago Cathedral
  • 9. What event followed the death of Frank País in Santiago?
A) A spontaneous general strike
B) A peaceful transition of power
C) A massive government rally
D) An armed takeover of the city
  • 10. What is the date of the mobilization considered a decisive moment in the Cuban Revolution?
A) 1 December 1956
B) 30 June 1957
C) 30 July 1957
D) 21 July 1957
  • 11. What is 30 July officially observed as in Cuba?
A) Victory Day
B) Frank País Day
C) Day of the Martyrs of the Revolution
D) Independence Day
  • 12. Which guerrilla unit was named after Frank País?
A) The 26th of July Brigade
B) The Sierra Maestra Front
C) The Santiago Resistance Unit
D) The Frank País Second Front
  • 13. Who led the guerrilla unit named after Frank País?
A) José Salas Cañizares
B) Raúl Castro
C) Che Guevara
D) Fidel Castro
  • 14. Where is the childhood home of Frank País located?
A) Santa Ifigenia Road
B) Callejón del Muro
C) 30 July Avenue
D) 226 San Bartolomé Street
  • 15. Which Cuban city has an international airport named after Frank País?
A) Holguín
B) Sierra Maestra
C) Havana
D) Santiago de Cuba
  • 16. Who fired the first two bullets to initiate the Battle of La Plata?
A) Fidel
B) Raúl
C) Guevara
D) Luis Crespo
  • 17. What time did the Battle of La Plata begin?
A) 2:40 am
B) 3:21 am
C) 3:21 pm
D) 2:40 pm
  • 18. Who set the La Plata barracks on fire?
A) Fidel
B) Raúl
C) Luis Crespo
D) Guevara
  • 19. How many rebels were injured in the Battle of La Plata?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Zero
D) Five
  • 20. How many Cuban soldiers died during the Battle of La Plata?
A) Three
B) Zero
C) Two
D) Five
  • 21. How many weapons were looted by the rebels after the Battle of La Plata?
A) Nine
B) Fifty
C) Three
D) Hundred
  • 22. What was the result of the Havana Presidential Palace attack?
A) Total success
B) Batista was assassinated
C) The palace was captured
D) Utter failure
  • 23. What time did the attack on the Presidential Palace begin?
A) 2:40 am
B) 3:21 pm
C) 2:40 pm
D) 3:21 am
  • 24. Where did José Antonio Echeverría die?
A) In the Escambray Mountains
B) At the Sevilla Hotel
C) At a radio station
D) Inside the Presidential Palace
  • 25. Which radio station did the rebels attempt to seize?
A) Radiocentro CMQ
B) Palace of Fine Arts
C) La Tabacalera
D) Radio Reloj
  • 26. Why did the secondary support operation for the Palace attack fail?
A) The palace was too heavily guarded
B) Last-minute hesitation
C) Lack of ammunition
D) The group was arrested before arriving
  • 27. What was the final outcome for the three prisoners taken at La Plata?
A) They were released
B) They died from their injuries
C) They escaped
D) They joined the rebels
  • 28. Which surviving soldier from La Plata was promoted to lieutenant under Raúl?
A) Two
B) None
C) Only one
D) All of them
  • 29. From which city did the yacht Granma depart?
A) Santiago de Cuba
B) Havana
C) Mexico City
D) Tuxpan
  • 30. On what date did the Granma depart from Mexico?
A) 25 November 1956
B) 1 January 1957
C) 25 November 1955
D) 2 December 1956
  • 31. How many people were on the Granma when it departed?
A) 80
B) 82
C) 12
D) 25
  • 32. What was the designed maximum passenger capacity of the Granma?
A) 12
B) 25
C) 80
D) 82
  • 33. Where did the Granma land on 2 December 1956?
A) Tuxpan
B) Sierra Maestra
C) Playa Las Coloradas
D) Veracruz
  • 34. In which Cuban municipality is Playa Las Coloradas located?
A) Havana
B) Santiago
C) Niquero
D) Sierra Maestra
  • 35. Why did the Granma arrive later than planned?
A) Bad weather
B) Navigational error
C) It was heavily loaded
D) Engine failure
  • 36. Into which mountain range did the rebels head after landing?
A) Sierra Maestra
B) Andes
C) Escambray Mountains
D) Blue Mountains
  • 37. What is the maximum number of original Granma participants estimated to have survived?
A) 12
B) 20
C) 82
D) 25
  • 38. Who was among the survivors of the Granma landing?
A) Fulgencio Batista
B) Abel Santamaría
C) Che Guevara
D) Celia Sánchez
  • 39. Who helped the surviving rebels link up in the mountains?
A) Foreign diplomats
B) Batista's soldiers
C) Peasant sympathizers
D) The llano wing
  • 40. Haydée Santamaría was the sister of which individual?
A) Raúl Castro
B) Abel Santamaría
C) Che Guevara
D) Fidel Castro
  • 41. Which of these individuals was a survivor of the Granma landing?
A) Haydée Santamaría
B) Abel Santamaría
C) Celia Sánchez
D) Camilo Cienfuegos
  • 42. Who founded the National Revolutionary Movement (MNR)?
A) Fidel Castro
B) Raúl Castro
C) Rafael García Bárcena
D) Abel Santamaría
  • 43. What was the planned target of the MNR in March 1953?
A) Santiago government house
B) Bayamo barracks
C) Camp Colombia
D) Moncada Barracks
  • 44. How many people were sentenced to imprisonment for the MNR's plot to attack Camp Colombia?
A) One hundred twenty-six
B) Sixty
C) Fifty-six
D) Fourteen
  • 45. Besides the Moncada Barracks, which other military installation was attacked on 26 July 1953?
A) The presidential palace
B) The Havana naval base
C) Camp Colombia
D) Barracks in Bayamo
  • 46. What did the rebels hope the attack on the Moncada Barracks would spark?
A) An international intervention
B) A nationwide revolt
C) A transition to democracy
D) A negotiation with Batista
  • 47. According to Fidel Castro's autobiography, how many rebels were killed in the midst of battle?
A) Fourteen
B) Fifty-six
C) Five
D) Sixty
  • 48. According to Fidel Castro, how many rebels were executed after being captured?
A) Fifty-six
B) Sixty
C) Fourteen
D) Five
  • 49. After the defeat at Moncada, where did most of the surviving rebels flee?
A) To the city of Bayamo
B) To the United States
C) To Camp Colombia
D) To the mountains
  • 50. Against whom did Batista launch his military coup?
A) Prío Socarras
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Raúl Castro
D) Fidel Castro
  • 51. Until what year did Batista rule after his second rise to power?
A) 1955
B) 1960
C) 1952
D) 1959
  • 52. With which groups did Batista's administration have close links?
A) The Catholic Church
B) Organized crime organizations
C) Foreign humanitarian groups
D) Labor unions
  • 53. Which city became known for the prevalence of illegal casinos?
A) Camagüey
B) Santa Clara
C) Havana
D) Santiago de Cuba
  • 54. How did the Cuban student contrast Batista with previous leaders like Grau and Prío?
A) Grau and Prío were more violent
B) Batista robbed without permission
C) Batista was more democratic
D) Grau and Prío were not corrupt
  • 55. What stance did Batista take toward communism during his second term?
A) He was a staunch communist
B) He was neutral
C) He was an ally of the Soviet Union
D) Strongly anti-communist
  • 56. Which US president later recognized the corruption of the Batista regime?
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) Harry S. Truman
  • 57. What initial action did Fidel Castro take against Batista after the 1952 coup?
A) He led an armed rebellion immediately
B) He fled to the United States
C) He joined the government
D) He filed a lawsuit
  • 58. Which industries were dominated by American companies under Batista?
A) Automobile assembly
B) Manufacturing electronics
C) Oil production
D) Sugar-cane plantations
  • 59. On what date was Fulgencio Batista finally toppled?
A) 1 January 1959
B) 20 May 1902
C) 26 July 1953
D) 31 December 1958
  • 60. In what year did the 26th of July Movement become the Communist Party of Cuba?
A) 1965
B) 1959
C) 1958
D) 1953
  • 61. Which of these was a major socioeconomic problem in Cuba during the 1950s?
A) Over-industrialization
B) Excessive dependence on sugar cultivation
C) Lack of natural resources
D) Lack of electricity in all regions
  • 62. What percentage of the rural population had access to running water in the 1950s?
A) 20%
B) 50%
C) 15%
D) 80%
  • 63. Which American Mafia figure did Batista bring in as an advisor to reorganize the gaming sector?
A) Sumner Welles
B) Eduardo Chibás
C) Meyer Lansky
D) Charles Edward Magoon
  • 64. Which leader was responsible for the 'moralización' campaign to reduce corruption?
A) Don Tomás Estrada Palma
B) Gerardo Machado
C) Ramón Grau
D) Fulgencio Batista
  • 65. Which party did Eduardo Chibás form in 1947 to expose corruption?
A) Partido Auténtico
B) Partido Ortodoxo
C) 26th of July Movement
D) Communist Party of Cuba
  • 66. Approximately how much public money was Carlos Prío Socarrás reported to have stolen?
A) $90 million
B) $40 million
C) $50 million
D) $800 million
  • 67. What proportion of electricity consumption was concentrated in Havana?
A) 70%
B) 15%
C) 80%
D) 40%
  • 68. How long did Fidel Castro speak during his trial?
A) Nearly two hours
B) Nearly one hour
C) Nearly six hours
D) Nearly four hours
  • 69. What famous phrase did Fidel Castro use to end his defense speech?
A) Victory or death
B) Liberty for Cuba
C) History will absolve me
D) Freedom for the people
  • 70. Who persuaded Batista to release the Castro brothers?
A) Alberto Bayo
B) Ernesto Guevara
C) Reynold García
D) Fidel's Jesuit childhood teachers
  • 71. In which country did the Castro brothers prepare for the overthrow of Batista?
A) Spain
B) Argentina
C) Mexico
D) United States
  • 72. Who trained the revolutionaries in Mexico?
A) Reynold García
B) Fidel Castro
C) Ernesto Guevara
D) Alberto Bayo
  • 73. Which specific apartment in the Humboldt 7 building was the site of the massacre?
A) Apartment 707
B) Apartment 102
C) Apartment 505
D) Apartment 201
  • 74. Who led the National Police during the Humboldt 7 massacre?
A) Esteban Ventura Novo
B) Juan Pedro Carbó
C) Fulgencio Batista
D) Antonio Blanco Rico
  • 75. Who was sought by the police specifically for the assassination of Col. Antonio Blanco Rico?
A) Joe Westbrook
B) Fructuoso
C) Juan Pedro Carbó
D) Marcos Rodríguez Alfonso
  • 76. Who revealed the location of the revolutionaries to the police?
A) Joe Westbrook
B) Esteban Ventura Novo
C) Antonio Blanco Rico
D) Marcos Rodríguez Alfonso
  • 77. What was the nickname of Marcos Rodríguez Alfonso?
A) Marquitos
B) Machadito
C) Ventura
D) Carbó
  • 78. What was the state of the rebels when they were executed by the police?
A) Armed and fighting back
B) Escaping through a window
C) Negotiating a surrender
D) Unarmed
  • 79. What was the final fate of Marquitos?
A) Imprisonment for life
B) Exile to the United States
C) Death by firing squad
D) Public pardon
  • 80. In what year was Marquitos sentenced to death?
A) 1960
B) 1959
C) 1957
D) 1964
  • 81. Which building housed the Radio Reloj station that the victims had seized?
A) The Presidential Palace
B) Radiocentro CMQ Building
C) Humboldt 7
D) The National Police Headquarters
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