Question 1

Who was the dominant figure in the provisional government?&#10;A)Joseph Stalin&#10;B)Leon Trotsky&#10;C)Nicholas II&#10;D)Vladimir Lenin&#10;E)Alexander Kerensky

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Alexander Kerensky was the dominant figure in the Provisional Government as he held multiple positions including Minister of Justice and later Minister of War and became the Prime Minister after the resignation of the previous Prime Minister.

Question 2

What did Lenin argue in his &#34;April Theses?&#34;&#10;A)The Russian peasantry had replaced the proletariat as the revolutionary class because Russia was primarily rural.&#10;B)Wartime chaos had allowed the merger of bourgeois and proletarian revolutions,which could enable a quick transition to Bolshevik rule.&#10;C)The Bolsheviks should work together with the Mensheviks to continue the war.&#10;D)The proletarian revolution should wait until Russia had a bourgeois revolution.&#10;E)The first step to revolution was the immediate assassination of Russia's royal family.

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Lenin argued in his "April Theses" that the merger of bourgeois and proletarian revolutions had become possible due to wartime chaos. He argued that this could enable a quick transition to Bolshevik rule. This view contrasted with the traditional Marxist belief that a bourgeois revolution had to come before a proletarian revolution. Lenin believed that the Bolsheviks could seize power immediately, even though Russia had not yet experienced a bourgeois revolution.

Question 3

Who coordinated the October Revolution for the Bolsheviks?&#10;A)Vladimir Lenin&#10;B)Joseph Stalin&#10;C)Alexander Kerensky&#10;D)Leon Trotsky&#10;E)Georgy Zhukov

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Leon Trotsky was the main coordinator of the October Revolution for the Bolsheviks.

Question 4

What perspective did the Bolsheviks in Russia have during the early twentieth century?&#10;A)Bolsheviks believed revolution was only possible through democratic means.&#10;B)Bolsheviks saw the peasantry as the revolutionary class.&#10;C)Bolsheviks supported the First World War as a means of increasing Russian power.&#10;D)Bolsheviks thought only a minority of workers would be politically conscious and that they would have to be led by intellectuals.&#10;E)Bolsheviks insisted that a bourgeois revolution would have to precede the proletarian revolution.

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The Bolsheviks believed that only a minority of workers would be politically conscious and that they would have to be led by intellectuals. This perspective influenced their strategy and tactics during the Revolution of 1917, as they focused on organizing and leading the working class to seize power from the bourgeoisie.

Question 5

What was the important political impact of the July Days?&#10;A)Political lines hardened and Kerensky tried to repress the Bolsheviks.&#10;B)Lenin became the head of the provisional government.&#10;C)The provisional government declared an end to the monarchy.&#10;D)New elections were arranged for October.&#10;E)Lenin had to flee Russia temporarily,leaving Stalin in power.

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The July Days led to a hardening of political lines and increased repression of the Bolsheviks by the provisional government, most notably by Kerensky. The Bolsheviks were blamed for the unrest and violence of the July Days, making it harder for them to gain political power.

Question 6

What was the name given to the factory workers' militias that formed the core of the Bolsheviks' fighting forces?&#10;A)the Politburo&#10;B)the Cheka&#10;C)the Pravda&#10;D)the Duma&#10;E)the Red Guards

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The Red Guards were named after their identifying red armbands and were formed by factory workers in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) in 1917. They later became the core of the Bolsheviks' fighting forces during the Russian Revolution.

Question 7

What were &#34;soviets&#34;?&#10;A)military units used by the Bolsheviks&#10;B)the intellectual leaders of the revolution in Leninism&#10;C)the demands for reform made in the February Revolution&#10;D)councils originally established during the Revolution of 1905&#10;E)assassination orders issued by Lenin and Stalin

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Soviets were councils that were originally established during the Revolution of 1905. These councils were based on the idea of workers' and soldiers' councils and were meant to represent the interests of the working-class people. During the Russian Revolution of 1917, the soviets played a key role in overthrowing the Provisional Government and were seen as the primary instrument of power in the hands of the Bolshevik Party.

Question 8

Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party through the Russian Revolution?&#10;A)Vladimir Lenin&#10;B)Leon Trotsky&#10;C)Alexander Kerensky&#10;D)Joseph Stalin&#10;E)Grigory Rasputin

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Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik Party during the Russian Revolution. He led the October Revolution in 1917 which saw the Bolsheviks seize power from the Provisional Government. Leon Trotsky was a key member of the Bolshevik Party and played a major role in the Revolution, but he was not the leader of the party. Alexander Kerensky was the leader of the Provisional Government and opposed the Bolsheviks. Joseph Stalin was a prominent member of the Bolshevik Party, but he did not become the leader until after Lenin's death. Grigory Rasputin was a mystic and advisor to the Romanov family, but he was not involved in the Bolshevik Party.

Question 9

What effect did the Kornilov Affair have on Bolshevik influence over the course of the revolution?&#10;A)It reduced Bolshevik influence by introducing a counterweight to Lenin in the figure of Lavr Kornilov.&#10;B)It reduced Bolshevik influence by increasing the power of Alexander Kerensky over the soviets.&#10;C)It increased Bolshevik influence by raising the specter of counter-revolution.&#10;D)It increased Bolshevik influence by provoking a mutiny among Lavr Kornilov's soldiers.&#10;E)It had no effect.

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The Kornilov Affair was an attempted coup by General Kornilov against the Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks capitalized on this event by presenting themselves as the only force capable of defending the revolution against counter-revolutionary forces. This helped to solidify their support among the disaffected working class and peasantry, ultimately increasing their influence over the course of the revolution.

Question 10

What perspective did Socialist Revolutionaries in Russia have during the early twentieth century?&#10;A)Socialist Revolutionaries believed revolution was only possible through democratic means.&#10;B)Socialist Revolutionaries saw the peasantry as the revolutionary class.&#10;C)Socialist Revolutionaries supported the First World War as a means of increasing Russian power.&#10;D)Socialist Revolutionaries thought only a minority of workers would be politically conscious and that they would have to be led by intellectuals.&#10;E)Socialist Revolutionaries insisted that a bourgeois revolution would have to precede the proletarian revolution.

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Socialist Revolutionaries believed that the peasantry, rather than the industrial working class, was the revolutionary class in Russia. They saw the rural population as oppressed by the wealthy landowning class, and believed in redistributing land to the peasants as a means of achieving their revolutionary goals.

Question 11

What caused the Socialist Revolutionaries to split with the Bolsheviks in March 1918?&#10;A)Lenin's decision to abandon socialist economic principles&#10;B)the assassination of the royal family&#10;C)Lenin's denunciations of &#34;kulaks&#34;&#10;D)the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk&#10;E)support for Alexander Kerensky against Lenin

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Question 12

In what month in 1917 did the Bolsheviks seize power over the provisional government?&#10;A)February&#10;B)September&#10;C)October&#10;D)November&#10;E)December

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Question 13

What failures of government policy triggered unrest and strikes in Petrograd in 1916?&#10;A)defeat in battle against Austria-Hungary&#10;B)the appointment of Grigory Rasputin as a general&#10;C)the increasing cost of Alexei's medical care&#10;D)food shortages and resulting high prices&#10;E)scandals in the procurement of war material

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Question 14

What name did the Bolsheviks bestow on their economic policies of state ownership of large industries and requisitions of food and raw materials in 1918?&#10;A)the New Economic Policy&#10;B)the War Communism&#10;C)the State of Emergency&#10;D)the Five-Year Plan&#10;E)the New Deal

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Question 15

What was a reason that Russian liberals continued to work with the tsar instead of pushing more forcefully for reforms?&#10;A)Liberals thought revolution was as dangerous as violent repression.&#10;B)Liberals supported the war effort above all and did not want to prevent victory against Germany.&#10;C)Liberals were worried about the collapse of the monarchy.&#10;D)Liberals were worried the Duma was becoming too powerful.&#10;E)Liberals hoped to undermine the tsarist regime from within.

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Question 16

What was the name of the new police authority the Bolsheviks founded to suppress dissent in 1917?&#10;A)the KGB&#10;B)the Cheka&#10;C)the Stasi&#10;D)the NKVD&#10;E)the Red Guards

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Question 17

What political demands did the Constitutional Democrats (Kadets)make in the provisional government?&#10;A)the abdication of Nicholas II as tsar&#10;B)worker control over the means of production&#10;C)an end to the Russian nobility&#10;D)liberal political reforms&#10;E)a ban on the political participation of Vladimir Lenin

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Question 18

What perspective did the Mensheviks in Russia have during the early twentieth century?&#10;A)Mensheviks believed revolution was only possible through democratic means.&#10;B)Mensheviks saw the peasantry as the revolutionary class.&#10;C)Mensheviks supported the First World War as a means of increasing Russian power.&#10;D)Mensheviks thought only a minority of workers would be politically conscious and that they would have to be led by intellectuals.&#10;E)Mensheviks insisted that a bourgeois revolution would have to precede the proletarian revolution.

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Question 19

Many Russians believed Tsarina Alexandra was working in the interests of what country,the place of her birth,instead of for Russia?&#10;A)the United States&#10;B)the United Kingdom&#10;C)France&#10;D)Austria-Hungary&#10;E)Germany

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Question 20

What action started the February Revolution in 1917?&#10;A)mutinies among soldiers after a defeat by Germany&#10;B)mutinies among sailors frustrated with a lack of rations&#10;C)a call to arms by Vladimir Lenin&#10;D)a general strike of workers in Petrograd&#10;E)Nicholas II's demands for higher taxes to fund the war

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Question 21

How did the &#34;New Economic Policy&#34; of 1921 derivate from socialist orthodoxy?&#10;A)It allowed for a degree of private ownership and market incentives.&#10;B)It called for free trade between Russia and Western Europe.&#10;C)It made military spending a higher priority than other kinds of spending.&#10;D)It instituted the requisitioning of grain from peasant communities.&#10;E)It banned foreign investment in Russia's economy.

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Question 22

Who seized power in the Soviet Union following Lenin's death in 1924?&#10;A)Leon Trotsky&#10;B)Joseph Stalin&#10;C)Nikita Khrushchev&#10;D)Leonid Brezhnev&#10;E)Alexander Kerensky

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Question 23

Why was Tsarina Alexandra disliked by so many of the Russian people?

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Question 24

After their successful October Revolution,how did the Bolsheviks work to consolidate power across Russia and weaken their political opponents?

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Question 25

What aspect of the support for the White armies in the Russian Civil War helped rally public opinion against them and in favor of the Red armies?&#10;A)Nicholas II's decision to borrow money abroad&#10;B)anti-Semitism among Red leaders such as Leon Trotsky&#10;C)widespread support for the continuation of the monarchy&#10;D)financial and military support from Allied nations&#10;E)the White armies' promise to turn over control of regions to other nationalities

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Question 26

What name did the Bolsheviks adopt for their political party in 1918,using a term meant to differentiate their politics from those of the Mensheviks?&#10;A)the Communist Party&#10;B)the NKVD&#10;C)the Cheka&#10;D)the Red Guards&#10;E)the Social Democratic Party

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Question 27

Which foreign power was particularly supportive of White armies in the Russian Civil War?&#10;A)Germany&#10;B)Austria-Hungary&#10;C)Britain&#10;D)France&#10;E)Italy

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