Russian Revolution Test Questions with Correct Answers
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Russian Revolution Test Questions with Correct Answers
Which of the following did NOT occur during the Russian Civil War?
a) Trotsky trained and ran te Red Army very skillfully
b) The White Army unified around anti-Bolshevism and defeated the Reds
c) The Bolsheviks used War Communism to natio...
Russian Revolution Test Questions
with Correct Answers
Which of the following did NOT occur during the Russian Civil War?
a) Trotsky trained and ran te Red Army very skillfully
b) The White Army unified around anti-Bolshevism and defeated the Reds
c) The Bolsheviks used War Communism to nationalize major industries
d) The Bolsheviks unleashed a "Red Terror" to crush the opposition - Answer-b) The
White Army unified around anti-Bolshevism and defeated the Reds
Three "Whys" of the Russian Revolution - Part I - Answer-...
Who is the author of this text?
a) Robert Posts
b) Richard Pipes
c) Robert Palmer
d) Richard Pence - Answer-b) Richard Pipes
In what year was it published?
a) 1917
b) 1942
c) 1978
d) 1995 - Answer-d) 1995
Why did the author claim that the independent historian studying Soviet history has to
"hack his way through...as would a traveler in an unexplored tropical forest?"
a) The Soviet secret police harassed historian and hampered their research
b) Even today, the Russians make it very difficult for historians to enter the country or
get access to historical archives
c) There are very few sources that are available to study - most have been destroyed
d) Russian history was dominated by the party's ideology and facts were tailored to fit
the party line - Answer-d) Russian history was dominated by the party's ideology and
facts were tailored to fit the party line
In the Introduction the author openly emphasizes the political causes of the revolution
as opposed to the unstoppable social forces relied upon by the
a) Revisionist scholars
b) Neo-Marxist scholars
c) Decembrist scholars
a) That it was a popular revolution that was a response to pressure from the masses
b) That its occurrence was not preordained and that it was something of a fluke
c) The United States was complicit in the Bolshevik rise to power
d) Tsarism actually did not fall and remained in Russia until 1989 - Answer-b) That its
occurrence was not preordained and that it was something of a fluke
Historians who argue that the collapse of Tsarism was inevitable point to the
a) French Revolution of 1789
b) Fall of Bismarck from power in Germany
c) Extraordinary number of strikes that occurred on the eve of WWI
d) Weakening of the monarchies of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires - Answer-c)
Extraordinary number of strikes that occurred on the eve of WWI
What was the most important stabilizing factor in Russia during the period between the
1905 and 1917 Revolutions?
a) Their alliance with France
b) Their alliance with Austria-hungary
c) The RUssian villages- compromising 75% of the population- remained quiet
d) The Russian Duma was supported by the Tsar - Answer-c) The RUssian villages-
compromising 75% of the population- remained quiet
What 1915 event proved to be the last straw for the Russian people's confidence in the
Tsar's ability to expand and defend Russian territory from foreign enemies?
a) Russia's defeat to Japan
b) Russia's defeat to France
c) Refusal of the Tsar to dismiss the Duma
d) The military debacle in Poland against Germany - Answer-d) The military debacle in
Poland against Germany
What does the author discuss as the "endemic weakness" of the tsarist state?
a) The Russian state was imposed from above
b) All power was concentrated in the crown
c) It needed smart, capable people to become a world power, but those people were
treated with contempt by the state
d) All of the above - Answer-d) All of the above
The author sums up the chapter by stating that the principle causes of the fall of tsarism
in 1917 were
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