The Russian Revolution

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1 All of the following were causes of the Russian Revolution EXCEPT?:
Russian military losses in World War I.
The invasion of Russia by Poland.
The reassembly of the Duma after the March on Petrograd.
Intransigence of Nicholas II.
The economic, political, and social problems generated by industrialization in the first decade of the 20th century.

2 Put the following events in their proper chronological order?:
                       I - The October Revolution.
                      II - The reassembly of the Duma.
                     III - Bloody Sunday.
                    IV - The Russian Civil War.
II, III, I, IV.
I, II, III, IV.
II, I, III, IV.
III, I, II, IV.
III, II, I, IV.

3 Which of the following was NOT a major character in the Russian Revolution of 1917?:
Vladimir Lenin.
Leon Trotsky.
Czar Nicholas II.
Czar Alexander II.
Alexander Kerensky.

4 Which of the following statements is incorrect about Alexander Kerensky?:
He was the leader of the "Trudovik" (Laborite) faction in the Duma.
Kerensky's government took effective and productive steps to solve Russia's deteriorating economic situation.
He was the only representative of moderate socialist opinion in the Provisional Government.
He promised to keep Russia fighting in World War I.
His Provisional Government's slogan was "All power to the Soviets."

5 The signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk gave the Russians?:
a nationalistic feeling of military superiority.
an end to Russian involvement in World War I.
several new territories, including Poland and Latvia.
a new provisional government under German control.
a limited constitutional monarchy.

6 Which of the following was NOT a result of the October Revolution of 1917?:
The left-wing of the Socialist Revolutionaries remained in the Congress and formed a short-lived coalition government with the Bolsheviks.
Trotsky announced the end of the Provisional Government.
Lenin became the new leader of the Congress of Soviets.
Kerensky escaped Russia and went into exile.
The Second Congress of Soviets began its deliberations.

7 Which is the MOST valid statement in support of the ideas found in Lenin's "April Theses"?:
A bourgeois revolution was not necessary before socialism could take over.
Bolshevik propaganda must gain support through violence and threats.
Russian Orthodox Church lands were to be confiscated.
A socialist coup d'etat would only be accomplished with actions taken by Bourgeois revolutionaries.
The Russian army was a competent and powerful force in World War I.

8 Which of the following statements is a cause of the other four events?:
The abdication of Czar Nicholas II.
The formation of a provisional government under Price Lvov and Kerensky.
The storming of the Winter Palace by the Bolsheviks.
The outbreak of the March Revolution.
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed.