- 1. When did the Spanish Civil War start?
A) 1936
B) 1920
C) 1950
D) 1960
- 2. Who was the leader of Spain when the Civil War started?
A) Alfonso XIII of Spain
B) Manuel Azaña
C) Miguel Primo de Rivera
D) Francisco Franco
- 3. Which political faction supported the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War?
A) Monarchists
B) Nationalists
C) Left-wing Republicans
D) Fascists
- 4. Where did the military uprising against the Spanish Republic start in 1936?
A) Spanish Morocco
B) Barcelona
C) Seville
D) Madrid
- 5. Where did the Republic establish its government during the Civil War?
A) Seville
B) Toledo
C) Zaragoza
D) Valencia
- 6. Which playwright and poet was killed by Nationalist forces during the Civil War?
A) Lorca García
B) Miguel de Unamuno
C) Federico García Lorca
D) Pablo Neruda
- 7. Which famous American journalist reported about the Spanish Civil War?
A) Mark Twain
B) Walt Whitman
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) Jack London
- 8. Which city was besieged by Nationalist forces for the majority of the Civil War?
A) Madrid
B) Bilbao
C) Barcelona
D) Valencia
- 9. Which faction was primarily supported by the German Condor Legion during the Civil War?
A) Anarchists
B) Monarchists
C) Republicans
D) Nationalists
- 10. When did the Spanish Civil War officially end?
A) 1939
B) 1950
C) 1945
D) 1960
- 11. Who was the leader of the Nationalist faction during the Spanish Civil War?
A) Dolores Ibárruri
B) José Antonio Primo de Rivera
C) Francisco Franco
D) Indalecio Prieto
- 12. Which country provided significant military aid to the Nationalist side?
A) France
B) Italy
C) United Kingdom
D) Soviet Union
- 13. Who famously painted 'Guernica', a mural depicting the horrors of the Spanish Civil War?
A) Pablo Picasso
B) Henri Matisse
C) Salvador Dalí
D) Diego Rivera
- 14. Who was the leader of the anarchist forces in Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War?
A) Juan Negrín
B) Francisco Largo Caballero
C) Buenaventura Durruti
D) José Antonio Primo de Rivera
- 15. Where did the Nationalist faction establish its capital during the Spanish Civil War?
A) Salamanca
B) Seville
C) Burgos
D) Barcelona
- 16. Which foreign country provided significant military aid to the Republican side during the war?
A) Italy
B) Germany
C) Soviet Union
D) France
- 17. What role did the international media play during the Spanish Civil War?
A) Propaganda and coverage of events
B) Cultural exchanges
C) Food supply
D) Aid distribution
- 18. What was the motivation behind the Nationalist uprising against the Spanish Republic?
A) To enforce religious tolerance
B) To restore traditional values and order
C) To establish a federal system
D) To promote modernist ideals
- 19. Which city was famously bombed by the German Luftwaffe in support of the Nationalist forces during the war?
A) Seville
B) Guernica
C) Salamanca
D) Barcelona
- 20. What was the name of the left-wing alliance that governed the Republican side during the war?
A) Rainbow Coalition
B) United Front
C) Popular Front
D) National Front
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