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1. Which event marked the beginning of the 1905 Revolution?
A. February Revolution
B. Bloody Sunday
C. October Revolution
D. Civil War
2. What name was St Petersburg changed to during World War I?
A. Moscow
B. Leningrad
C. Petrograd
D. Kiev
3. Who was Rasputin?
A. Russian monk and adviser to Tsarina
B. General of the army
C. German ambassador
D. Socialist leader
4. When did the February Revolution take place?
A. 1914
B. 1915
C. 1917
D. 1918
5. What was Lenin’s April Theses about?
A. Freedom of speech
B. End of war, land to peasants, banks nationalised
C. Power to Tsar
D. Expansion of empire
6. What did the Bolsheviks rename themselves after October 1917?
A. Russian Liberal Party
B. Russian Communist Party
C. Russian Socialist Party
D. Soviet Union Party
7. When did Lenin persuade the Petrograd Soviet to seize power?
A. 16 October 1917
B. 24 February 1917
C. 1 May 1918
D. 12 March 1917
8. Which ship fired at the Winter Palace during the October Revolution?
A. Red Star
B. Aurora
C. Liberty
D. Moscow
9. When did the Tsar abdicate?
A. 2 March 1917
B. 24 October 1917
C. 25 February 1917
D. 3 April 1917
10. Who led the Military Revolutionary Committee?
A. Lenin
B. Stalin
C. Trotsky
D. Kerensky
11. What did Bolsheviks do after coming to power?
A. Encouraged private property
B. Nationalised industries and banks
C. Strengthened monarchy
D. Banned workers’ unions
12. Which treaty ended Russia’s war with Germany?
A. Treaty of Versailles
B. Treaty of Brest Litovsk
C. Treaty of Paris
D. Treaty of Berlin
13. What kind of state did Russia become under Bolsheviks?
A. Democratic
B. One-party
C. Military
D. Federal
14. What was the secret police called under Lenin?
A. Gestapo
B. Cheka
C. KGB
D. OGPU
15. Who opposed the Bolshevik uprising during the Civil War?
A. Reds
B. Whites and Greens
C. Soviets
D. Labour Party
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