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Sec. 4


Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

 

 1. 
All of the following were reasons for the collapse of the provisional government in Russia except the:
A.
intervention of Allied forces.
B.
growth of support for the Bolsheviks.
C.
continuing problem of food shortages.
D.
decision to keep Russia in the First World War.
 

 2. 
The Reds defeated the Whites in the Russian Civil War partly because the
A.
Reds held free elections.
B.
White armies were divided.
C.
Whites controlled the major cities.
D.
Reds had the support of foreign governments.
 

 3. 
Which of the following is a fact rather than an opinion about the Russian Civil War?
A.
Trotsky was a better commander than any of the White generals.
B.
Allied intervention did more harm than good to the White cause.
C.
The Red Army had a strategic advantage in controlling the heartland of Russia.
D.
Atrocities committed by the Whites were worse than those committed by the Red Army.
 

 4. 
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the U.S.S.R. by 1939?
A.
The standard of living was as high as that in the West.
B.
It had been transformed into a modern industrial state.
C.
The Five-Year Plans had largely failed to increase production.
D.
The economic problems of the Depression had not been solved.
 

 5. 
According to Marx, which of the following would be a member of the bourgeoisie?
A.
a soldier
B.
a peasant
C.
a factory owner
D.
an industrial worker
 

 6. 
Stalin promoted industrialization in the Soviet Union in the 1930s because he
A.
feared an attack by western nations.
B.
wanted to increase exports to the West.
C.
wanted to emphasize the production of consumer goods.
D.
feared the Great Depression would bring on hyper-inflation.
 

 7. 
Stalin defeated Trotsky in their power struggle during the 1920s by:
A.
purging the Red Army.
B.
using his position as General Secretary.
C.
encouraging the growth of the middle class.
D.
rejecting the policy of "Socialism in One Country".
 

 8. 
During the Russian Civil War, the Allied powers
A.
supported the Red Army.
B.
allowed Lenin to return to Russia.
C.
sent military aid to the White forces.
D.
sent economic aid to the Bolsheviks.
 

 9. 
"I order that the disorders in Petrograd, intolerable during these difficult times of war with Germany and Austria, be ended."
- Tsar Nicholas II, February 1917

The immediate consequence of the "disorders in Petrograd" was the:

A.
creation of the Duma.
B.
abdication of the Tsar.
C.
rise to power of the Bolsheviks.
D.
ending of war with Germany and Austria.
 

 10. 
By November 1917, the Bolsheviks had a majority only in the:
A.
Duma.
B.
Petrograd Soviet.
C.
Constituent Assembly.
D.
Provisional Government.
 

 11. 
"Working men of all countries, unite."
- Karl Marx

This slogan would be most threatening to:

A.
socialists.
B.
capitalists.
C.
communists.
D.
internationalists.
 

 12. 
Which of the following is a statement of opinion, rather than fact, about Stalin's leadership?
A.
Stalin eliminated the Kulaks as a class.
B.
Stalin held show trials of Bolshevik leaders.
C.
Stalin's policies resulted in increased literacy in the U.S.S.R.
D.
Stalin's Five-Year Plans were necessary for the survival of the U.S.S.R.
 

 13. 
The New Economic Policy was introduced because:
A.
Marxist theory opposed capitalism.
B.
Lenin needed foreign support to win the Civil War.
C.
Stalin's ambitions had weakened Lenin's leadership.
D.
War Communism had failed to improve the economy.
 

 14. 
Stalin’s justification for the forced collectivization of Soviet agriculture was that
A.
the peasants would be eliminated as a class.
B.
Trotsky supported private ownership of land.
C.
he would gain more support from the kulaks.
D.
large-scale agricultural units would be more productive.
 

 15. 
Which slogan represents Stalin's position in his power struggle with Trotsky?
A.
"World Revolution"
B.
"Peace, Land, Bread"
C.
"Socialism in One Country"
D.
"Different Roads to Socialism"
 



 
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