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The Empress Dowager Cixi Quiz

Answer the questions about the former dowager empress of China.
Sources: Empress Dowager Cixi by Jung Chang, Britannica.com, Theguardian.com
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Last updated: June 13, 2022
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During which Chinese dynasty was Cixi's (de facto) reign?
Qing
What was Cixi's given birth name?
Yehenara
Which ethnic group was Cixi a part of?
Manchu
As a young woman, Cixi became a consort to which Chinese emperor?
Xianfeng
Following the death of the above, Cixi organized a coup with his former senior concubine, ____.
Ci'an
Along with the above and counselor Prince Gong, Cixi quelled which revolt against the dynasty's rule?
Taiping Rebellion
What was Cixi's nickname for her favorite eunuch, who was executed after she broke the rules by sending him on a trip outside the palace?
Little An
Cixi diverted funds from the Chinese navy in order to restore what palace, which had been destroyed by the British during the Second Opium War?
Summer Palace
Cixi was the biological mother of Emperor _______, her husband's only son.
Tongzhi
After the death of the above, Cixi adopted a son, making him Emperor _______.
Guangxu
During Cixi's (temporary) retirement, after the above had officially assumed power, China was defeated in which war?
First Sino-Japanese War
After the _______ ____ of Reform, conservative officials who had learned of a plot to assassinate Cixi launched a coup, returning her to power.
Hundred Days
Cixi initially supported what 1898 uprising, thinking it would force foreign forces out of China?
Boxer Rebellion
As a woman, Cixi was never allowed into the front section of what "city"?
Forbidden City
Thinking the sound would disturb the tombs of the ancestors, Cixi delayed the construction of _________ in China for two decades.
Railroads
Which harmful custom, practiced on young Han girls, did Cixi put an end to?
Foot binding
Before her death, Cixi appointed ____, who would become the last emperor of China.
Puyi
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