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Russia April to October 1917

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which nation helped Lenin to return to Russia in 1917?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Austria

d)

Germany

2.

Though which province did Lenin re-enter Russia?

a)

Finland

b)

Lithuania

c)

Latvia

d)

Estonia

3.

Into which city did Lenin's train arrive in Russia?

a)

Moscow

b)

Helsinki

c)

Petrograd

d)

Kazan

4.

What was the name of Lenin's manifesto speech?

a)

April Proclamation

b)

April Thesis

c)

April Manifesto

d)

April Declaration

5.

Lenin's April Thesis called for?

a)

Bread, Money, Freedom!

b)

Money, Jobs, Land!

c)

War, Jobs, Land!

d)

Peace, Bread, Land!

6.

Lenin's other slogan was?

a)

All power to the Provisional Government!

b)

All power to the Bolsheviks!

c)

All power to the Tsar!

d)

All power to the Soviets!

7.

Who became minister of war in May 1917?

a)

Kerensky

b)

Trotsky

c)

Milyukov

d)

Lvov

8.

What was the name of the June 1917 offensive in which Russian soldiers mutinied and killed their officers?

a)

Tebrikov

b)

Brusilov

c)

Galicia

d)

Klukarsko

9.

What does 'requisitioning of grain' mean?

a)

Feeding peasants with bread

b)

Giving the peasants more grain to plant

c)

Making sure peasants receive a fair price for their grain

d)

Confiscating grain from peasants without pay

10.

Which group of sailors from the nearby naval base joined protesters on the streets of Petrograd in July 1917?

a)

Andreevski sailors

b)

Morsko sailors

c)

Petrograd sailors

d)

Kronstadt sailors

11.

The protests of July 1917 against the Provisional Government were called?

a)

The July Moment

b)

The July Crisis

c)

The July Days

d)

The July Event

12.

Why didn't Lenin lead the protests?

a)

He agreed to help the protesters in another way

b)

He didn't believe in popularist-led protest

c)

He was concerned about the army shooting the crowds

d)

He wanted to talk with the Provisional Government

13.

How did Lenin react when the Provisional Government started to arrest political leaders?

a)

He cried for his Mummy

b)

He hid in a laundry basket and escaped to Switzerland

c)

He shaved his beard and escaped to Finland

d)

He surrendered to the police

14.

How was the reputation of the Bolsheviks affected by Lenin's actions in the July Days?

a)

People wanted the Bolsheviks to continue the protests

b)

People decided to fund the Bolshevik cause

c)

People trusted the Bolsheviks more

d)

People lost faith in the Bolsheviks

15.

After the July Days, who replaced Lvov as Prime Minister of the Provisional Government?

a)

Leo Tolstoy

b)

Leon Trotsky

c)

Alexander Kerensky

d)

Joseph Stalin

16.

At the end of August 1917, which army general allegedly tried to take power?

a)

General Lavr Kornilov

b)

General Aleksei Brusilov

c)

General Mikhail Alekseyev

d)

General Constantin Prezan

17.

What did General Kornilov believe was best for Russia?

a)

To join with the Bolsheviks and fight for justice

b)

To give the army more political power

c)

To surrender to Germany in the First World War

d)

To restore discipline and harsh punishment in the army

18.

When Kornilov became Commander-in-Chief of the Russian military, what was NOT one of his demands?

a)

To disband the sailors and soldiers who took part in the July Days

b)

To renounce Order Number One

c)

To allow the sailors their own government

d)

To reduce the Kronstadt Naval Base to 100,000 sailors

19.

What was Kerensky's response to Kornilov declaring martial law in Petrograd?

a)

He ordered Kornilov to desist his demands

b)

He ran from Petrograd terrified for his life

c)

He welcomed Kornilov to Petrograd

d)

He asked the Bolshevik Red Guard to defend Petrograd from Kornilov

20.

What happened to the reputation of the Bolsheviks after the Kornilov Affair?

a)

People distrusted the Bolsheviks even more

b)

The Bolsheviks were humiliated in the Russian press

c)

People wanted to lock Bolshevik members in prison

d)

People joined the Bolsheviks in large numbers