January 28 incident - Quiz
January incident
  • 1. What is another name for the January 28 incident?
A) Beijing revolt
B) Shanghai incident
C) Manchurian war
D) Nanjing conflict
  • 2. When did the January 28 incident officially end?
A) May 5, 1932
B) May 15, 1932
C) March 3, 1932
D) January 28, 1932
  • 3. Which Japanese officer claimed to have paid a Chinese mob to beat Buddhist monks?
A) Tanaka Ryukichi
B) Shiozawa
C) Murai
D) Inukai Tsuyoshi
  • 4. What event served as the background that led to anti-Japanese demonstrations in China?
A) The Mukden Incident
B) The fall of Nanjing
C) The invasion of Beijing
D) The assassination of Emperor Hirohito
  • 5. Which newspaper published an editorial calling the failed assassination attempt on Emperor Hirohito 'unfortunate'?
A) Nanjing Herald
B) Shanghai Daily
C) Min-kuo Jih-pao
D) Tokyo Times
  • 6. What were the Japanese monks doing when they were attacked?
A) Distributing propaganda leaflets
B) Burning a factory
C) Chanting the daimoku on an alms round
D) Demonstrating against the KMT
  • 7. What was the result of the Chinese truce reached on May 5?
A) Japanese withdrawal from Manchuria
B) The dissolution of the 19th Route Army
C) Chinese military withdrawal
D) The unification of China and Japan
  • 8. Who was the Japanese Prime Minister assassinated on May 15, 1932?
A) Murai
B) Tanaka Ryukichi
C) Inukai Tsuyoshi
D) Shiozawa
  • 9. Which Chinese army unit vowed to resist the Japanese invasion of Shanghai?
A) 87th Division
B) 5th Army
C) Manchurian Warlord Army
D) 19th Route Army
  • 10. Where was the capital relocated to by Chiang Kai-shek on January 30, 1932?
A) Luoyang
B) Beijing
C) Hong Kong
D) Guangzhou
  • 11. What district served as the Japanese Defense Sector in Shanghai?
A) Hongkou
B) Jiangwan
C) Wusong
D) Zhabei
  • 12. What was the first aerial battle between Chinese and Japanese aircraft described as?
A) Neither side suffered losses
B) A decisive Japanese victory
C) The destruction of the Chinese Air Force
D) A massive Chinese victory
  • 13. How did foreign residents in the International Settlement often watch the conflict?
A) From inside the bunkers
B) By traveling to Tokyo
C) From the banks of Suzhou Creek
D) From moving ships at sea
  • 14. What structure was destroyed during the conflict in Shanghai?
A) The Shanghai Municipal Council building
B) The Sanyou Factory only
C) The Commercial Press and the Oriental Library
D) The Japanese Consulate
  • 15. Why did the Japanese military initiate action in Shanghai, according to their justification?
A) To capture Chiang Kai-shek
B) To install a new government in Shanghai
C) To conquer the entire country of China
D) To defend its citizens and their property
  • 16. Which country unilaterally agreed to stop fighting on March 6?
A) China
B) Japan
C) The League of Nations
D) Korea
  • 17. On what date was the Shanghai Ceasefire Agreement signed?
A) May 5
B) March 6
C) March 4
D) November 22
  • 18. According to the Shanghai Ceasefire Agreement, what did Shanghai become?
A) A demilitarized zone
B) A Japanese colony
C) A communist stronghold
D) An independent republic
  • 19. What kind of force was China allowed to keep within Shanghai after the ceasefire?
A) No armed forces at all
B) International peacekeeping troops
C) A large standing army
D) A small police force
  • 20. Who reassigned the 19th Army to suppress the Chinese Communist insurrection in Fujian?
A) Emperor Hirohito
B) Chiang Kai-shek
C) Yoon Bong-Gil
D) Yoshinori Shirakawa
  • 21. On what date did the leadership of the 19th Route Army revolt against the Kuomintang government?
A) November 22
B) May 5
C) March 6
D) January 1934
  • 22. What government did the 19th Route Army establish after their revolt?
A) National Revolutionary Government
B) Shanghai Republic
C) Fujian People's Government
D) Hong Kong Provisional Government
  • 23. When was the Fujian People's Government crushed by Chiang's armies?
A) March 1932
B) May 1932
C) November 1933
D) January 1934
  • 24. Where did the leaders of the 19th Route Army escape to after their defeat?
A) Fujian
B) Suzhou
C) Hong Kong
D) Shanghai
  • 25. Who was the commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army?
A) Yoon Bong-Gil
B) Chiang Kai-shek
C) Hirohito
D) Yoshinori Shirakawa
  • 26. Who wounded Yoshinori Shirakawa?
A) An anonymous sniper
B) Chiang Kai-shek
C) A group of Chinese soldiers
D) Yoon Bong-Gil
  • 27. On what date did Yoshinori Shirakawa die of his injuries?
A) March 14
B) May 26
C) November 22
D) May 5
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