Lesson 2N.1.1

2N.1.1 The Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalin, 1917–1929 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 24

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Lesson 2N.1.1, The Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalin, 1917–1929: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA History (7042), Unit 24: 2N Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which event in February/March 1917 led to the abdication of the Tsar?

    • The July Days in Petrograd
    • The Kornilov coup of August
    • The February revolution in Petrograd
    • The October revolution led by Lenin

  2. What was the 'dual authority' that existed in Russia between March and October 1917?

    • Kerensky and Kornilov shared control of the army
    • The Tsar ruled jointly with the Duma
    • Lenin and Trotsky divided the Bolshevik Central Committee
    • The Provisional Government shared power with the Petrograd Soviet

  3. Which document of April 1917 set out Lenin's demands for a socialist revolution?

    • The Testament
    • The April Theses
    • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
    • The Decree on Land

  4. Which attempted coup in August 1917 was led by General Kornilov against the Provisional Government?

    • The Red Terror
    • The Munich Putsch
    • The Kapp Putsch
    • The Kornilov coup

  5. Which decree was issued by the Bolsheviks in October/November 1917 to end Russia's involvement in the war?

    • The Decree on the Press
    • The Decree on Nationalisation of Banks
    • The Decree on Land
    • The Decree on Peace

  6. Which body dissolved the elected Constituent Assembly in January 1918?

    • The Provisional Government
    • The Kronstadt sailors
    • The Tsar's ministers
    • The Bolshevik government

  7. Which treaty of March 1918 took Russia out of the First World War?

    • The Treaty of Berlin
    • The Treaty of Rapallo
    • The Treaty of Versailles
    • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

  8. Which policy of 1918-1921 involved requisitioning food from peasants and state control of industry?

    • The New Economic Policy
    • The Five Year Plan
    • War Communism
    • Collectivisation

  9. Which uprising of 1921 was crushed by the Red Army and involved sailors who had supported the Bolsheviks in 1917?

    • The Spartacist rising
    • The Tambov revolt
    • The Kronstadt rising
    • The Kapp Putsch

  10. Which policy introduced by Lenin in 1921 allowed limited private trade and small-scale enterprise?

    • The Great Turn
    • The New Economic Policy
    • The Five Year Plan
    • War Communism

  11. Which Soviet-German treaty of 1922 restored diplomatic relations and secret military co-operation?

    • The Treaty of Rapallo
    • The Treaty of Locarno
    • The Pact of Steel
    • The Treaty of Lausanne

  12. What was Lenin's 'Testament' concerned with in 1922-1923?

    • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk negotiations with Germany
    • Warnings about rivals, including Stalin's leadership
    • The Kronstadt rising and the NEP
    • The organisation of the Red Army in the Civil War

  13. What position did Stalin hold from 1922 that helped him build his power base?

    • Commissar for War
    • General Secretary of the Communist Party
    • Chairman of Sovnarkom
    • President of the Comintern

  14. What was the main ideological dispute between Stalin and Trotsky in the 1920s?

    • Religion versus atheism in Soviet schools
    • Socialism in One Country versus permanent revolution
    • Democracy versus one-party rule
    • Capitalism versus communism in the Soviet economy

  15. Which decision of 1928 marked the 'Great Turn' in Soviet economic policy?

    • The first Five Year Plan and rapid industrialisation
    • The admission of the USSR to the League of Nations
    • The reintroduction of private farms on a large scale
    • The abolition of the Gosplan agency

  16. Which group of rivals was defeated by Stalin in the power struggle of the late 1920s?

    • Bukharin and the Right Opposition
    • The Kronstadt sailors
    • The Provisional Government
    • The Mensheviks in 1917

  17. Which country did the Soviet Union sign the Treaty of Berlin with in 1926?

    • Japan
    • France
    • Germany
    • Poland

  18. Which 1924 letter forged to damage the Labour government in Britain is linked to Soviet foreign relations?

    • The Balfour letter
    • The Curzon ultimatum
    • The Zinoviev letter
    • The Morrison telegram

  19. Which statement best explains how Stalin rose to power after Lenin's death in 1924?

    • He seized power through a military coup in the Red Army
    • He was chosen by the Tsar's advisers as the new leader
    • He won a general election against Trotsky and Bukharin
    • He used control of party appointments to outmanoeuvre rivals

  20. Which statement best describes the Bolshevik consolidation of power by 1924?

    • The Bolsheviks had abolished all forms of state control of the economy
    • The Civil War ended with a negotiated settlement that restored the monarchy
    • Bolshevik rule was ended by a multi-party election in 1921
    • One-party rule and the Red Army had won the Civil War, though the economy was in crisis

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