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Mao's Great Famine by Frank Dikötter
Contributed by: Platt
  • 1. In which year did the Great Famine begin?
A) 1959
B) 1955
C) 1965
D) 1961
  • 2. Which political campaign initiated the policies leading to the famine?
A) The Anti-Rightist Campaign
B) The Hundred Flowers Campaign
C) The Great Leap Forward
D) The Cultural Revolution
  • 3. How many people are estimated to have died during the Great Famine?
A) 45 million
B) 30 million
C) 10 million
D) 20 million
  • 4. What was emphasized in the agricultural policy of the Great Leap Forward?
A) Backyard furnaces
B) Crop rotation
C) Irrigation improvement
D) Fertilizer use
  • 5. What role did the Soviet Union play during the Great Leap Forward?
A) Direct intervention
B) No involvement
C) Initial support and later withdrawal
D) Providing economic aid
  • 6. Frank Dikötter's work is primarily based on what type of sources?
A) Literary analysis
B) Personal interviews
C) Artistic representations
D) Archival documents
  • 7. What was the Chinese government's response to reports of the famine?
A) Immediate action and relief efforts
B) Seeking foreign aid
C) Public acknowledgment of the crisis
D) Denial and suppression of information
  • 8. When was Frank Dikötter's book 'Mao's Great Famine' published?
A) 2010
B) 2015
C) 2005
D) 2000
  • 9. Which age group was heavily affected by starvation during the Great Famine?
A) Children
B) Adults
C) Teenagers
D) Elderly
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