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