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