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1.
During what international war
did the Russian Revolution take place?
a.
World War II
b.
Russo-Japanese War
c.
Napoleonic War
d.
World War I
2.
What calendar did Russia
use until February 1918?
a.
Julian
b.
Gregorian
c.
Old Slavic
d.
Hebrew
3.
Which tsar did terrorists assassinate
in 1881?
a.
Nicholas I
b.
Alexander I
c.
Alexander II
d.
Alexander III
4.
What slogan was shouted during
the February Revolution?
a.
“Let them eat cake?”
b.
“Freedom and justice?”
c.
“No more war!”
d.
“Bread and peace!”
5.
The February Revolution began
as a(n)
a.
International Women’s
Day March
b.
Railroad strike
c.
Food drive for soldiers on the
front
d.
Bolshevik rally
6.
Where was the tsar during the
February Revolution?
a.
Visiting the soldiers on the
front
b.
In the Winter Palace
c.
At a peace conference in Europe
d.
In the Kremlin
7.
As a result of the February
Revolution, the tsar
a.
Was thrown out of office
b.
Exiled
c.
Voluntarily abdicated
d.
Was immediately executed?
8.
The provisional government was
made up of
a.
Former members of the Synod
b.
Former ministers under the tsar
c.
Revolutionaries
d.
Former members of the Duma
9.
Which country’s government
aided Lenin in returning to Russia?
a.
France
b.
Germany
c.
Turkey
d.
Britain
10.
What slogan did Lenin use following
his arrival in Russia in April 1917?
a.
“There is such a party!”
b.
“All power to the Soviets!”
c.
“Proletarians of the world
unite!”
d.
“Onward to the shining
future!”
11.
The Bolshevik Party drew its
support primarily from
a.
Peasants
b.
Aristocrats
c.
The intelligentsia
d.
The working class
12.
Which of the following events
seriously weakened the Bolsheviks?
a.
The First Congress of Soviets
b.
Kerensky’s June Offensive
c.
The July Putsch
d.
Rasputin’s murder
13.
Which of the following seriously
weakened the provisional government?
a.
The July Putsch
b.
The Kornilov Affair
c.
Elections for the Constituent
Assembly
d.
The First Congress of Soviets
14.
Which is true of the Bolsheviks
during August and September 1917?
a.
They split into two fractions
b.
They had a strong boost in popular
support
c.
They sought monetary assistance
from Britain
d.
Lenin betrayed Trotsky
15.
Who were the “junkers”?
a.
German army officers
b.
Workers in the Petrograd
junkyard
c.
Russian army cadets assigned
to defend government buildings
d.
Bolshevik military units
16.
After the October Revolution,
what was Lenin’s first official act?
a.
The Decree on Land
b.
The Decree on Property
c.
The Decree on Work
d.
The Decree on Peace
17.
What happened to Kerensky after
the revolution?
a.
He was imprisoned
b.
He was executed
c.
He fled the country
d.
He joined the Bolsheviks
18.
What was the official name of
Lenin’s new government?
a.
The Politburo
b.
The Soviet of the People’s
Commissars
c.
The Executive Committee
d.
The Supreme Soviet
19.
Which former critic of Lenin
chaired the Executive Committee?
a.
Zinoviev
b.
Trotsky
c.
Dzerzhinsky
d.
Kamenev
20.
What was the immediate reaction
of Russian upper classes to the October Revolution?
a.
The paid little attention to
it
b.
They panicked and fled the country
en masse
c.
They started a civil war
d.
They appealed to Britain and the United States
for help
21.
The Red Terror was a response
to which event?
a.
The beginning of the Civil War
b.
A terrorist bombing in Petrograd
c.
An assassination attempt on
Lenin
d.
The entrance of U.S. and British troops into Russia
22.
In March 1918, the Russian capital
was moved to
a.
Petrograd
b.
Moscow
c.
Kiev
d.
Minsk
23.
All of the following were groups
involved in the Russian Civil War except
a.
The Reds’
b.
The Whites
c.
The Blues
d.
The Greens
24.
When did the Russian Civil War
begin?
a.
Spring 1917
b.
Summer 1917
c.
Spring 1918
d.
Summer 1918
25.
The USSR finally collapsed in what year?
a.
1981
b.
1989
c.
1991
d.
1993
