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1. Yuan Shikai has been called "the father of the warlords". He sold out the Qing dynasty to support the Republic in 1912, then used bribery, assassination, and military power to turn the Republic into his personal dictatorship. Advised by a past president of the American Political Science Association, he then made a serious political misstep. What was it?
2. This warlord was a leading figure in the Zhili militarist clique. He tried to uphold Confucian values, cracked down on Communists and labor organizers, and was rumored to have British backing. He won the first Zhili-Fengtian War in 1922, but lost the rematch in 1924. Who is he?
3. Feng Yuxiang was considered by many to be a relatively "progressive" warlord, not only because he taught his soldiers to read but also for his religious commitment. He was known by what name?
4. Zhang Zuolin started his career as a bandit, rose to become the Japanese-backed military ruler of Manchuria, and even dominated the national government in Beijing for a season. His career ended in 1928, but how?
5. Of all the warlords, none was more colorful than this one! His daddy was a barber and his mom was an exorcist. He grew up to be a fierce warrior six feet tall and was accompanied by a trainload of more than forty concubines when he ruled Shandong province. They called him the "Dog-Meat General", but what was his real name?
6. Yan Xishan was sometimes called the "model warlord". Educated in Japan, he governed his province from the Republican revolution of 1911 until the Communist takeover in 1949 -- and then ended his days as an exile in Taiwan. But which province did he govern?
7. Some of China's military men had talented offspring. Which of these short story collections was written by the son of a prominent warlord?
8. Zhang Xueliang inherited control of Manchuria from his father in 1928 and was known as "The Young Marshal". But what would be his real claim to fame?
9. General Cai Tingkai led his troops against the Japanese at Shanghai in 1932 and, perhaps because he was not a member of the Central Army associated with Chiang Kai-shek, was celebrated as a national hero in the left-wing press. What intrepid force did this heroic leader command?
10. Some would find this man's inclusion in a list of warlords to be politically incorrect and downright objectionable. But he did begin his military career as an officer in the Yunnan Army, and was even an opium addict for awhile. A study tour in Europe and some meetings with a man named Zhou Enlai changed his life. He died in the same year as Chairman Mao, his close comrade-in-arms. Who is he?
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