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  • 1. When did the Russo-Japanese War take place?
A) 1914-1918
B) 1904-1905
C) 1941-1945
D) 1800-1802
  • 2. Which two countries fought against each other in the Russo-Japanese War?
A) Britain and Italy
B) Germany and France
C) United States and China
D) Russia and Japan
  • 3. Where was the decisive naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War fought?
A) Tsushima Strait
B) Midway Atoll
C) Gallipoli
D) Pearl Harbor
  • 4. Which country supported Russia during the Russo-Japanese War?
A) Austria-Hungary
B) Italy
C) United Kingdom
D) France
  • 5. Which country served as a mediator during the peace negotiations?
A) France
B) United States
C) Germany
D) China
  • 6. Who was the leader of Japan during the Russo-Japanese War?
A) General Yamamoto
B) Shogun Tokugawa
C) Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito
D) Emperor Meiji
  • 7. Which treaty ended the Russo-Japanese War?
A) Treaty of Versailles
B) Treaty of Utrecht
C) Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
D) Treaty of Portsmouth
  • 8. Who won the Battle of Port Arthur?
A) Germany
B) China
C) Japan
D) Russia
  • 9. When did the Russo-Japanese War begin?
A) 23 August 1905
B) 5 September 1905
C) 8 February 1904
D) 27 January 1904
  • 10. What was Russia's policy in Siberia and the Far East since the 16th century?
A) Expansionist
B) Colonialist
C) Protectionist
D) Isolationist
  • 11. What alliance did Japan sign in 1902?
A) The Franco-Russian Alliance
B) The Central Powers
C) The Anglo-Japanese Alliance
D) The Triple Entente
  • 12. How did Japan initiate hostilities in the Russo-Japanese War?
A) With a surprise attack on the Russian Pacific Fleet at Port Arthur.
B) Through an economic blockade of Russian ports.
C) By declaring war and invading Russia directly.
D) By attacking Russian forces in Korea.
  • 13. Which city did Japanese troops take after heavy fighting in March 1905?
A) Vladivostok
B) Mukden
C) Port Arthur
D) Seoul
  • 14. What did the Treaty of Portsmouth recognize?
A) Russian dominance over Manchuria.
B) Japanese interests in Korea.
C) Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan.
D) British control over the Korean Peninsula.
  • 15. What internal event was influenced by Russia's defeat in the Russo-Japanese War?
A) The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917
B) The Crimean Crisis
C) The October Manifesto
D) The 1905 Russian Revolution
  • 16. What was a major factor driving Japan's aggressive foreign policy?
A) An economic downturn requiring new markets.
B) Pressure from the people demanding a tough foreign policy.
C) A desire for peaceful coexistence with neighboring countries.
D) The influence of Western powers to maintain peace in Asia.
  • 17. What railway did Russia begin building in Manchuria?
A) The Trans-Siberian Railway
B) The Korean Peninsula Railway
C) The Chinese Eastern Railway (CER)
D) The South Manchurian Railroad
  • 18. What was the outcome of the Boxer Rebellion for Russia?
A) Russia withdrew all troops from China.
B) 100,000 Russian soldiers were stationed in Manchuria.
C) China gained control over Russian railways in Manchuria.
D) Japan and Britain occupied Manchuria.
  • 19. What was the main reason for the Anglo-Japanese Alliance?
A) To establish a joint military presence in Korea.
B) To restrict naval competition by keeping Russian ports from full use.
C) To support Russia's expansion in Asia.
D) To promote trade between Japan and Britain.
  • 20. What was Wilhelm II's view on the 'Yellow Peril'?
A) He dismissed it as a minor threat to European powers.
B) He supported China's efforts to combat it.
C) He praised Nicholas II as Europe's savior against it.
D) He believed Japan should lead the fight against it.
  • 21. How many machine guns did each Japanese cavalry brigade contain?
A) 6 machine guns
B) 3 machine guns
C) 12 machine guns
D) 9 machine guns
  • 22. How many Siberian Corps did Russia possess at the start of the war?
A) Two Siberian Corps
B) Three Siberian Corps
C) Seven Siberian Corps
D) Five Siberian Corps
  • 23. How many Siberian Divisions were contained within a Siberian Corps?
A) Two divisions
B) Four divisions
C) Three divisions
D) One division
  • 24. What did Japan decline from the Qing Empire during the Russo-Japanese War?
A) Naval support
B) Troops
C) Foodstuffs and alcoholic drinks
D) Military aid
  • 25. Who sent envoys to Japanese generals with foodstuffs and alcoholic drinks?
A) The Montenegrin prince
B) Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō
C) Yuan Shikai
D) Tsar Nicholas II
  • 26. Who led the Japanese fleet during the surprise attack on Russian ships at Port Arthur?
A) Kuroki Tamemoto
B) Yuan Shikai
C) Admiral Stepan Osipovich Makarov
D) Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō
  • 27. Which Russian battleship was heavily damaged during the initial attack on Port Arthur?
A) Retvizan
B) Pallada
C) Tsesarevich
D) Both Tsesarevich and Retvizan
  • 28. What city did the Japanese occupy after landing near Incheon?
A) Port Arthur
B) Moscow
C) Hanseong (Seoul)
D) Vladivostok
  • 29. Who commanded the Japanese Imperial Army that crossed into Russian-occupied Manchuria?
A) Kuroki Tamemoto
B) Tsar Nicholas II
C) Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō
D) Yuan Shikai
  • 30. Which vessels did the Japanese use to block Port Arthur's entrance on 13–14 February?
A) Submarines
B) Concrete-filled steamers
C) Torpedo boats
D) Steel barges
  • 31. Why was the Japanese attempt to block Port Arthur on 13–14 February ineffective?
A) The steamers sank too deep.
B) They were destroyed by Russian artillery.
C) The Russians removed them.
D) Japanese ships ran aground.
  • 32. What did the Russian government threaten to do on 15 April 1904?
A) Surrender to Japanese demands.
B) Bombard Port Arthur with all forces.
C) Evacuate Russian troops from Manchuria.
D) Seize British war correspondents aboard SS Haimun.
  • 33. Which tactic did the Russians adopt after observing Japanese naval strategies?
A) Air reconnaissance
B) Naval blockades
C) Offensive minelaying
D) Submarine warfare
  • 34. What type of artillery helped the Japanese capture a key hilltop bastion in December 1904?
A) 6-inch field guns
B) 12-inch naval guns
C) 11-inch (280 mm) L/10 howitzers
D) 8-inch mountain guns
  • 35. Which film series includes a third series dealing with the Russo-Japanese War?
A) Battle Anthem
B) Reilly, Ace of Spies
C) Saka no Ue no Kumo
D) The Battle of Tsushima (1975)
  • 36. Who wrote 'Banzai!', describing an air attack on the American fleet?
A) Arthur Wellesley Kipling
B) Frank Thiess
C) Charles H. Kirmess
D) Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff (Parabellum)
  • 37. What was the outcome of the Battle of Port Arthur?
A) Inconclusive
B) Tactical stalemate
C) Japanese victory
D) Russian victory
  • 38. What incident nearly sparked a war between Russia and the United Kingdom?
A) The departure from the Baltic Sea
B) The Siege of Port Arthur
C) The Battle of Tsushima
D) The Dogger Bank incident
  • 39. Who wrote 'Kobo', a novel from the Japanese side?
A) Edward Stratemeyer
B) Captain Frederick Sadleir Brereton
C) Herbert Strang
D) Kirk Munroe
  • 40. Which Scottish poet wrote about the naval war in 'The Donkey's Ears: Politovsky's Letters Home'?
A) Robert Burns
B) Hugh MacDiarmid
C) Douglas Dunn
D) Walter Scott
  • 41. Where did the two sections of the Russian fleet rendezvous?
A) Port Arthur
B) Madagascar
C) The Baltic Sea
D) The Cape of Good Hope
  • 42. How did the Japanese troops' behavior compare to that of the Russian troops in terms of brutality?
A) More brutal than the Russians.
B) Non-existent compared to the Russians.
C) Equally as brutal as the Russians.
D) Less brutal than the Russians.
  • 43. Who was recognized as the dean of multi-national attachés and observers during the Russo-Japanese War?
A) Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton
B) Jacob Schiff
C) William Gustavus Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson
D) Takahashi Korekiyo
  • 44. What is the name of the novel by Shunrō Oshikawa published in 1900?
A) Tsushima
B) Banzai!
C) The New Dominion
D) The Submarine Battleship (Kaitei Gunkan)
  • 45. Who wrote 'Port Arthur: a historical narrative'?
A) Valentin Pikul
B) Alexey Novikov-Priboy
C) Alexander Stepanov
D) Boris Akunin
  • 46. In what year was the song 'On the Hills of Manchuria' composed?
A) 1909
B) 1908
C) 1907
D) 1906
  • 47. What was the main fear that gripped Russian troops regarding Asians?
A) Asian economic power.
B) Asian technological superiority.
C) Asian diplomatic influence.
D) The 'Yellow Peril'.
  • 48. Who wrote the lyrics for 'On the Hills of Manchuria'?
A) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
B) Ilya Shatrov
C) Stepan Petrov
D) Rudolf Greintz
  • 49. What medium became the most common form of communication in Japan during the Russo-Japanese War?
A) Satirical graphic luboks
B) Postcards
C) Woodblock prints
D) Lithographs
  • 50. Who extended a critical series of loans to Japan from the United States during the Russo-Japanese War?
A) Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton
B) William Gustavus Nicholson
C) Takahashi Korekiyo
D) Jacob Schiff
  • 51. Who was the commander of the Port Arthur garrison?
A) General Nogi Maresuke
B) Major General Anatoly Stessel
C) Field Marshal Oyama Iwao
D) Admiral Togo Heihachiro
  • 52. Which city was sacked three times within three days during the Russo-Japanese War?
A) Shenyang
B) Chongju
C) Liaoyang
D) Harbin
  • 53. Which author wrote 'Under Togo for Japan, or Three Young Americans on Land and Sea'?
A) Edward Stratemeyer
B) Willis Boyd Allen
C) Harry Collingwood
D) Herbert Strang
  • 54. Who were the Chinese bandits hired by the Japanese to engage in guerrilla warfare?
A) Honghuzi
B) Ming soldiers
C) Qing loyalists
D) Boxers
  • 55. Which detective is featured in Boris Akunin's 'The Diamond Chariot'?
A) Hercule Poirot
B) Sherlock Holmes
C) Nate the Great
D) Erast Fandorin
  • 56. What is the main impetus towards war in 'The International Spy' by Allen Upward?
A) Racism
B) Commercial forces
C) Imperialism
D) National pride
  • 57. What dynasty in Russia began its eventual dissolution due to domestic responses to inefficiencies highlighted during the war?
A) The Romanov dynasty
B) The Habsburg dynasty
C) The Meiji dynasty
D) The Qing dynasty
  • 58. Which artist created a painting based on the Battle of Yalu River during World War I?
A) Niko Pirosmani
B) Vasily Vereshchagin
C) Yury Repin
D) Mykola Samokysh
  • 59. Who wrote an epic treatment of the Russo-Japanese War in 86 cantos?
A) Blaise Cendrars
B) Allen Upward
C) Jane H. Oakley
D) Douglas Dunn
  • 60. Who led the Russian delegation during the peace talks that resulted in the Treaty of Portsmouth?
A) Sergei Witte
B) Linevich
C) Komura
D) Kuropatkin
  • 61. When was 'The Golden Cockerel' first premiered?
A) 1907
B) 1910
C) 1912
D) 1909
  • 62. How many Russian battleships were sunk by Japanese artillery?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Five
D) Six
  • 63. Approximately how many men were involved in the Battle of Mukden?
A) Ten thousand
B) Half a million
C) Two hundred thousand
D) One hundred thousand
  • 64. Which 1957 film depicts the naval battles and diplomacy during the Russo-Japanese War?
A) Meiji tennô to nichiro daisenso
B) Nichiro sensō shōri no hishi: Tekichū ōdan sanbyaku-ri
C) Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
D) The Battle of Tsushima (1975)
  • 65. How many ships did the Russian Second Pacific Squadron contain?
A) 25 ships
B) 10 ships
C) 50 ships
D) 38 ships
  • 66. What did the Russo-Japanese War confirm about British naval tactics?
A) Superiority of parallel courses in battle
B) Effectiveness of stationary combat
C) Ineffectiveness of machine guns
D) Need for more flexible tactical thinking
  • 67. Which Australian author wrote 'The Commonwealth Crisis'?
A) Edward Stratemeyer
B) Kirk Munroe
C) Herbert Strang
D) Charles H. Kirmess
  • 68. Which Russian composer reacted to the war by composing 'The Golden Cockerel'?
A) Rudolf Greintz
B) Stepan Petrov
C) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
D) Ilya Shatrov
  • 69. Which song evokes the melancholy of standing watch on Russia's far east frontier?
A) "Variag"
B) "On the Hills of Manchuria"
C) The Golden Cockerel
D) "Amur's Waves" (Amurskie volny)
  • 70. Who first celebrated the heroism of 'Variag' in a song?
A) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
B) Ilya Shatrov
C) Rudolf Greintz
D) Stepan Petrov
  • 71. At what time did the main battery fire commence during the Battle of the Yellow Sea?
A) 12:15
B) 08:00
C) 13:00
D) 18:30
  • 72. Which organization became prominent after the Russo-Japanese War?
A) The United Nations
B) The Red Cross
C) The League of Nations
D) NATO
  • 73. What ultimately depended on for Japan's final victory?
A) The navy
B) Diplomatic negotiations
C) Ground reinforcements from Korea
D) Air superiority
  • 74. Who composed the waltz 'On the Hills of Manchuria'?
A) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
B) Rudolf Greintz
C) Ilya Shatrov
D) Stepan Petrov
  • 75. What is the title of Shiba Ryōtarō's historical novel about the Russo-Japanese War?
A) Clouds Above the Hill
B) Tsushima
C) The New Dominion
D) Port Arthur: a historical narrative
  • 76. Which U.S. President mediated the peace talks between Russia and Japan?
A) William McKinley
B) Woodrow Wilson
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) William Howard Taft
  • 77. Which anime adaptation features flashbacks and references to the Russo-Japanese War?
A) Golden Kamuy
B) The Prisoner of Sakura
C) Reilly, Ace of Spies
D) Battle Anthem
  • 78. What was a significant outcome of the Russo-Japanese War for Japan?
A) Peaceful relations with Western powers
B) Increased hostility towards the West
C) Economic isolation from global markets
D) Reduction in military ambitions
  • 79. Which island was occupied by the Japanese to pressure Russia into peace?
A) Taiwan
B) Sakhalin Island
C) Hokkaido
D) Kyushu
  • 80. Which group was most feared by the Chinese population of Manchuria for their brutality?
A) Korean forces
B) Japanese soldiers
C) Chinese police
D) Cossacks
  • 81. Who earned the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War peace talks?
A) Baron Komura
B) Kuropatkin
C) Sergei Witte
D) Theodore Roosevelt.
  • 82. Which battle was a Japanese victory and took place on 14 August 1904?
A) Siege of Port Arthur
B) Battle of Liaoyang
C) Battle off Ulsan
D) Battle of Korsakov
  • 83. Who served in the Baltic Fleet and wrote about the Russo-Japanese War?
A) Alexander Stepanov
B) Valentin Pikul
C) Frank Thiess
D) Alexey Novikov-Priboy
  • 84. Who was the prominent bandit leader that later ruled Manchuria as a warlord?
A) Yuan Shikai
B) Sun Yat-sen
C) Zhang Zuolin
D) Chiang Kai-shek
  • 85. Which country financed both Russia and Japan during the Russo-Japanese War?
A) United Kingdom
B) Germany
C) United States
D) France
  • 86. Which artist's work was recovered almost undamaged after the sinking of the Petropavlovsk?
A) Niko Pirosmani
B) Vasily Vereshchagin
C) Yury Repin
D) Mykola Samokysh
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