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