Totalitarianism Quiz

In 1903, Russian Marxists split into two groups over revolutionary tactics. The more moderate _________ wanted a broad base of popular support for the revolution

• Proletariat

• Mensheviks

• Bolsheviks

• Communists

The more radical ____________ supported a small number of committed revolutionaries willing to sacrifice everything for change.

• Proletariat

• Mensheviks

• Bolsheviks

• Communists

The major leader of the Bolsheviks was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. He had an engaging personality and was an excellent organizer. He was also ruthless. These traits would ultimately help him gain command of the Bolsheviks.

• Marx

• Stalin

• Lenin

• Rasputin

• Czar Nicholas

Bloody Sunday provoked a wave of strikes and violence that spread across the country. In October 1905, Nicholas reluctantly promised more freedom. He approved the creation of the Duma, Russia's first __________.

• Monarchy

• Parliament

As in the Russo-Japanese War, Russia's involvement in __________ revealed the weaknesses of czarist rule and military leadership.

• WW1

• WW2

Which was a problem in Russia that nether Nicholas nor Alexandra proved capable of tackling?

• Russian soldiers mutinied, deserted or ignored orders

• Food and fuel supplies were dwindling

• Prices on the home front were wildly inflated

• All of the above

In the March Revolution, the uprising forced ___________ to abdicate his throne. The three-century rule of the Romanovs finally collapsed.

• Marx

• Stalin

• Lenin

• Rasputin

• Czar Nicholas

The __________ believed that Lenin and his Bolshevik supporters would stir unrest in Russia and hurt the Russian war effort against __________. They arranged Lenin's return to Russia after many years in exile. Traveling in a sealed railway boxcar, Lenin reached Petrograd in April 1917.

• British; Britain

• Germans; Germany

• Italians; Italy

• French; France

Which is true about the Bolshevik takeover?

• Lenin ordered that all farmland be distributed among the peasants

• Lenin gave control of factories to the workers

• Lenin established the Gulag, a network of labor camps scattered across the length of Russia

• All of the above

True or False: One of the key traits of Totalitarianism is the state control of individuals by demanding loyalty, denying basic liberties, and expecting personal sacrifice for the good of the state.

• True

• False