Multiple Choice Quiz

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1
Which of the following statements concerning the situation at the end of the Qin-Han period is most accurate?
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2
Which of the following dynasties did not fall into the chronological period following the political chaos after the fall of the Qin-Han?
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3
During the political crisis following the fall of the Han, the Great Wall
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4
What made possible the rapid revival of the empire under the Tang?
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5
Wendi was the man responsible for the
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6
The support of which of the following groups was most critical to the reunification of China under the Sui?
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7
Under the first Sui emperor
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8
Excessive military expenses and grandiose building projects led to
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9
Li Yuan was
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10
What was the attitude of the Tang emperors toward the Confucian scholar-gentry?
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11
The Ministry of Rites was responsible for the
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12
What was the title reserved for those who passed the most difficult exams on all of Chinese literature?
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13
Which of the following statements concerning entry into the Chinese bureaucracy is most accurate?
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14
Pure Land Buddhism
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15
Which of the following statements concerning the Tang dynasty's attitude toward Buddhism is most accurate?
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16
a result of imperial suppression,
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17
Yang Guifei was
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18
What accounts for the relative weakness of the Song empire?
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19
Under the Song emperors, the scholar-gentry
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20
Zhu Xi was
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21
The growing influence of neo-Confucianism in China during the Tang-Song era
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22
What Song prime minister in the 1070s and 1080s attempted to introduce reforms based on the Legalist school of Confucianism?
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23
What invading group caused the flight of the Song from northern China?
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24
Which of the following statements concerning the economy of China during the Tang-Song era is not accurate?
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25
Which of the following was not a technological innovation of the Tang-Song era?
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Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.

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