Which event best replaces the question mark in this sequence?

Russia 1917-1918

• Czar Nicholas II abdicated Russian Imperial throne

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• Bolsheviks seized power and became the Communist Party

• Russia signed a peace treaty with the Central Powers

• A. Vladimir Lenin returned to lead the Russian Revolution

• B. Leon Trotsky escaped Russia for exile in Mexico

• C. The Russian government adopted the New Economic Policy

• D. The Red Army won the Russian Civil War

What was the major consequence of the February Revolution of 1917?

• A.  It forced Kerensky to surrender to the Bolsheviks. 
• B. It secured Stalin as leader of Russia. 
• C. It allowed Trotsky to negotiate peace with Germany. 
• D. It forced Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate the throne.

Which group of people revolted against the Russian revolutionary provisional government in 1917?

• A.  the Bolsheviks 
• B. the Czarists 
• C. the nobility 
• D. the clergy

Which leader was most influenced by Marxist ideology?

• A.  Adolf Hitler 
• B. David Lloyd George 
• C. V.I. Lenin 
• D. Woodrow Wilson

Acting as a religious figure, which person gained significant influence over the Russian royal family during the early 20th century?

• A.  Alexander Kerensky 
• B. Vladimir Lenin 
• C. Gregory Rasputin
•  D. Leon Trotsky

When did the Romanov Dynasty fall?

• 1914
• February 1917
• October 1917
• 1924

Who supported the "Red Army"?

• Imperialists
• Communists
• Monarchists
• Anarchists

Who was the last Czar of Russia?

• Alexander
• Nicholas II
• Wilhelm
• Franz Joseph

Why did the Czar need Rasputin's help?

• His wife was sick
• His son was sick
• Rasputin could predict the future
• Rasputin was a good general

Who were the Bolsheviks?

• Soldiers in the White Army
• Radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries
• Members of the Duma (Russia's Parliament) 
• Followers of Rasputin