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Russia-Events of 1917

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: Socialist Revolutionary leaders like Lenin and Trotsky were directly involved in the Feb Revolution of 1917.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Identify mistakes made by Nicholas II which led to the Feb Revolution and his abdication (Select all correct answers).

a)

Left Petrograd for the front line of WWI.

b)

Left Alexandra and Rasputin in charge of Petrograd.

c)

Ignored warnings from Ohkrana, Rodzianko, British Ambassador.

d)

Agreed to constitutional monarchy and popular representation.

e)

Inspired military confidence and patriotism.

3.

Describe the The February Revolution (select all correct answers).

a)

Violent

b)

Peaceful

c)

Spontaneous

d)

Planned

e)

Chaotic

4.

Tsarism/Autocracy/ Absolute Monarchy was replaced in Feb 1917 by...

a)

Dual Authority

b)

Dictatorship of the Proletariat

c)

Leninism

d)

Constitutional Monarchy

e)

Communism

5.

Identify the reasons for the unpopularity of the monarchy in 1917

a)

inflation

b)

scarcity of food

c)

low morales due to defeats in the war

d)

all of the above

6.

The February Revolution was started by

a)

members of political parties

b)

members of the Socialist Revolutionary Party

c)

workers in St. Petersburg

d)

Lenin

7.

The Petrograd Soviet comprised

a)

workers

b)

soldiers

c)

workers and soldiers

d)

the educated and prosperous middle class

8.

The February Revolution led to the (there may be more than one correct answer)

a)

formation of a Duma

b)

abdication of the Tsar

c)

formation of the Petrograd Soviet

d)

formation of a provisional government

9.

The new government that was formed after the February Revolution promised

a)

to withdraw from the First World War

b)

form a constituent assembly

c)

hold elections

d)

introduce universal adult suffrage

10.

What was the title of Lenin's publication produced when he first returned to Russia?

a)

The October Manifesto

b)

The July Proclamation

c)

The Finland Station Statement

d)

The April Thesis

11.

Who led the military revolt against the Provisional Government in August 1917?

a)

Larv Kornilov

b)

Alexander Kerensky

c)

Leon Trotsky

d)

Joseph Stalin

12.

Pick two of the Bolsheviks most famous slogans from the list below.

a)

All power to the soviets.

b)

Make Russia great again

c)

Power to the people

d)

Peace, Bread and Land

13.

What was the group set up by Trotsky in the Petrograd Soviet to ensure that the Provisional Government could not overthow troops loyal to the Soviet

a)

Constituent Assembly

b)

Red Guard

c)

Military Reaction Force

d)

Military Revolutionary Committee

14.

Which of the following was NOT a decision of Kerensky/the Provisional Government that seriously weakened their power by October 1917?

a)

Cancelling the elections for the Constituent Assembly

b)

Continuing to support the War efforts

c)

Appointing Kornilov and then opposing his actions

d)

Failing to enact land reform actions to distribute land to peasants