1) Which country paid for Lenin to return to Russia in 1917? a) USA b) Austria-Hungary c) Germany 2) Lenin was in favour of what kind of leadership? a) Democratic b) Autocratic c) Pragmatic 3) Which political organisation followed Lenin's teachings? a) Mensheviks b) Octoberists c) Bolsheviks 4) The Bolsheviks were members of the Petrograd Soviet, what was the Soviet? a) The Tsars secret police b) The provisional government c) The workers council. 5) What was the 'April Thesis'? a) The Provisional Governements new strategy b) Lenin's political programme. c) The Duma's new laws. 6) Which of the following was NOT one of the points in Lenin's April Thesis? a) The Tsar must be eliminated b) The War must end. c) The economy must be socialised. d) All power must be transfered to the Soviet. 7) Lenin aimed much of his propaganda at which section of society? a) Peasants b) Middle classes c) Land owners 8) Lenin believe that the Soviet should continue to work with the Provisional Goverment. a) True b) False 9) The Bolsheviks grew in strength during the summer of 1917, which of the following is NOT a reason why? a) People feared that the Germans would capture Petrograd b) People saw them as the only real political party available. c) They offered answers to the questions regarding land and peace. 10) The Bolsheviks also grew in strength in other cities such as Moscow. a) True b) False 11) How many soldiers deserted from the Russian Army during 1917. a) 20,000 b) 200,000 c) 2,000,000 12) In October 1917 the Lenin the Bolsheviks to...... a) make peace with the Provisional Government. b) rebel against the Provisional Goverment. c) terrorist action and assassinations of key political figures. 13) What did Lenin do to the other members of the Petrograd Soviet that played no part in the October rebellion? a) He sent them to Siberia. b) He murdered them all. c) He dismissed them to the dust heap of history. 14) What did the Bolsheviks have to use to overcome resistance to their rebellion in other cities. a) Propaganda b) Bribery c) Armed force 15) Lenin removed democracy from Russia and replaced it with a dictatorship. a) True b) False 16) What was the CHEKA? a) The Bolshevik leaders council. b) The Bolshevik army c) The Bolshevik secret police 17) Who was famously murdered by the Cheka in 1918? a) The Royal Family b) Lenin c) Trotsky 18) Which of the following was not that person's postion in the new Bolshevik Government? a) Lenin Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars. b) Alexei Rykov Commissar of the Interior c) Leon Trotsky Commissar for Culture and Arts 19) What did the Bolshevik regime create to fight loyal for it's cause? a) The Cossacks b) The Red Army c) The Soviet Union 20) Who was in command of the Red Army? a) Lenin b) Rykov c) Trotsky

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