Statistics for The Empress Dowager Cixi Quiz

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  • This quiz has been taken 13 times
  • The average score is 9 of 17

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HintAnswer% Correct
Which ethnic group was Cixi a part of?Manchu
92%
During which Chinese dynasty was Cixi's (de facto) reign?Qing
92%
Which harmful custom, practiced on young Han girls, did Cixi put an end to?Foot binding
83%
As a woman, Cixi was never allowed into the front section of what "city"?Forbidden City
83%
Cixi initially supported what 1898 uprising, thinking it would force foreign forces out of China?Boxer Rebellion
75%
Before her death, Cixi appointed ____, who would become the last emperor of China.Puyi
67%
During Cixi's (temporary) retirement, after the above had officially assumed power, China was defeated in which war?First Sino-Japanese War
58%
After the death of the above, Cixi adopted a son, making him Emperor _______.Guangxu
58%
Following the death of the above, Cixi organized a coup with his former senior concubine, ____.Ci'an
50%
Along with the above and counselor Prince Gong, Cixi quelled which revolt against the dynasty's rule?Taiping Rebellion
50%
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
42%
Cixi was the biological mother of Emperor _______, her husband's only son.Tongzhi
42%
As a young woman, Cixi became a consort to which Chinese emperor?Xianfeng
42%
After the _______ ____ of Reform, conservative officials who had learned of a plot to assassinate Cixi launched a coup, returning her to power.Hundred Days
25%
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
25%
Thinking the sound would disturb the tombs of the ancestors, Cixi delayed the construction of _________ in China for two decades.Railroads
17%
What was Cixi's given birth name?Yehenara
17%

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