Which of the following was a reason for the Central Executive Committee (CEC)'s decision not to disclose Lenin's Testament?
  • Lenin wanted to remove Stalin as the Secretary-General
  • Stalin told the CEC not to make Lenin's Testament public
  • Lenin had criticised all the potential successors
  • Stalin was a bigger threat and more powerful than Trotsky
What was Lenin's advice in his Testament?
  • Stalin should be promoted to be the Secretary-General
  • Stalin should be removed as the Secretary-General
  • Trotsky should be promoted to be the head of the Red Army
  • Trotsky should be removed as the head of the Red Army
Why was the non-disclosure of Lenin's Testament favourable to Stalin's rise?
  • Stalin was able to retain his position as the Secretary-General
  • Stalin's reputation was enhanced
  • Stalin was able to get rid of his main rival, Trotsky
  • Stalin was able to gain the support of the members of the Communist Party
Why was Trotsky's unpopularity advantageous to Stalin in the power struggle?
  • Trotsky would have a lot more support than Stalin
  • Stalin would be able to retain his position as Secretary-General
  • The potential successors would focus on getting rid of Trotsky rather than Stalin
  • Stalin would be able to ally with Trotsky and get Trotsky to support him
Which of the following is NOT an example of Stalin's manipulations?
  • Pretended to be close to Lenin
  • Making use of his power as the Secretary-General
  • Promoting "Permanent Revolution" in Soviet Union
  • Exploited the ideological division within the party
How did Stalin's pretense to be close to Lenin help him in the power struggle to be the next leader of the Party?
  • He was seen as a natural successor to Lenin
  • He was able to amass a huge following to vote for him during the country's elections
  • He was able to eliminate all his rivals
  • He was regarded as the face of Communism
What was the power that Stalin had as the Secretary-General?
  • He was able to come up with policies of the Party
  • He published all Party newspapers
  • He had the authority to appoint and reassign Party members
  • He controlled the Party
How did Stalin make use of the power as Secretary-General against Trotsky?
  • He sacked Trotsky as the head of Cheka
  • He replaced the allies of Trotsky with his own within the Party
  • He gave Trotsky the wrong date for Lenin's funeral
  • He demoted Trotsky to become a normal member within the Party
Why was Stalin's use of his power as Secretary-General significant in the race to be the leader of the Communist Party?
  • He was able to amass a huge following to vote for him during the country's elections
  • He was able to increase his support base and influence within the Party
  • He was able to control the army
  • He would be seen as the natural successor to Lenin
Which of the following correctly show the process that Stalin took to exploit the division within the Party to gain power? (Hint in TB p.43)
  • Formed troika alliance to expel Trotsky; Allied with Radicals to eliminate Kamenev and Zinoviev; Allied with Moderates to eliminate Bukharin and Rykov
  • Allied with Radicals to eliminate Moderates, Allied with Moderates to eliminate Kamenev and Zinoviev, Formed troika alliance to expel Trotsky
  • Formed troika alliance to expel Trotsky; Allied with Moderates to eliminate Kamenev and Zinoviev, Allied with Radicals to eliminate Bukharin and Rykov
  • Allied with Moderates to eliminate Kamenev and Zinoviev, Formed troika alliance to expel Trotsky; Allied with Radicals to eliminate Bukharin and Rykov
How did Stalin's exploitation of the ideological division within the Party help him to rise to power?
  • He was able to gain supporters within the Party
  • He was able to show his was Lenin's choice to be successor
  • He was able to get rid of Trotsky
  • He was able to eliminate all his rivals
Who were the "oppressed poor" as Marx called them?
  • Proletariat
  • Bourgeoisie
  • Soviets
  • Slaves
The bourgeoisie were
  • the "oppressed poor"
  • the thriving middle class
  • the owners of the means of production
  • the strong working class
The strong and vibrant leader of the Bolshevik Revolution
  • V. I. Lenin
  • Josef Stalin
  • Leon Trotsky
  • Alexander Kerensky
Who was the leader of the Provisional Government between the February and October Revolutions
  • Josef Stalin
  • V. I. Lenin
  • Leon Trotsky
  • Alexander Kerensky
What was the main cause of the failure of the Provisional Government
  • Failure to withdraw from World War I
  • United States wanted to take their place in the war
  • Marxism sounded cooler
  • Kerensky died
What was the name of the secret police in Russia?
  • FBI
  • Stasi
  • Cheka
  • Gestapo
Communist official in charge of political education and organization
  • Commissar
  • Comrade
  • Companion
  • Politican
General Secretary of the Communist Party and successor to Lenin in 1924
  • Leon Trotsky
  • Tsar Nicholas II
  • Alexander Kerensky
  • Josef Stalin
Commander of the Red Army, lost succession of Lenin to Stalin in 1924
  • Josef Stalin
  • Leon Trotsky
  • Alexander Kerensky
  • Tsar Nicholas II
Who supported the "Red Army"?
  • Imperialists
  • Communists
  • Monarchists
  • Anarchists
When did the Romanov Dynasty fall?
  • 1914
  • February 1917
  • October 1917
  • 1924
What is NOT an accurate comparison to a Tsar?
  • Emperor
  • King
  • Kaiser
  • Commissar
During what war did Lenin implement his "War Communism" in which he took over sole control of the war effort and the means of production?
  • Russian Civil War
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • War of the Roses
When Lenin finally realized the true state of the Russian Economy, he implemented the __________ in order to gain more money for the average farmer and worker within Russia.
  • Lenin's Communism
  • Marx's Communism
  • "War Communism"
  • New Economic Policy
The last Tsar of Russia was ____________________.
  • Constantine III
  • Joseph II
  • Nicholas II
  • Rasputin
USSR stands for _______________________.
  • Universal Studios Singapore Resort
  • Union of Social Studies Republic
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • Universal Strong Soviet Russians
The ________________ was the key decision-making body of the Communist Party.
  • Politburo
  • Provisional Government
  • Bolsheviks
  • Sovnarkom
Lenin died in the __________________
  • 1924
  • 1923
  • 1922
  • 1921
Stalin was the editor of the communist newspaper __________________.
  • Gucci
  • Troika
  • Prada
  • Pravda
Stalin held the position of ______________ in the Politburo.
  • Chairman
  • Secretary-General
  • Supreme Leader
  • Father of Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin led a revolutionary group to seize power and to turn Russia into a communist state. This group was known as the:
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  • Bolsheviks
  • Mensheviks
  • Tsars
  • Leninists
The common symbol of Communism is the hammer and sickle. The hammer represents the __________________ and the sickle represents the ________________________.
  • carpenters; doctors
  • doctors; carpenters
  • agricultural workers; factory workers
  • factory workers; agricultural workers
What is the name of the Soviet propaganda newspaper?
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  • Prada
  • Prata
  • Pravda
  • Pranada
Why did the main Party members not want to disclose Lenin's Testament to the public after Lenin had died?
  • Lenin wrote fake news in the Testament and they did not want the public to think that Lenin was wrong.
  • Lenin praised Trotsky in the Testament and they did not want the public to know that Lenin favoured Trotsky.
  • Lenin criticized Stalin in the Testament they did not want the public to know that Lenin disliked Stalin.
  • Lenin criticized all of them in the Testament and they did not want to be embarrassed.
Which of the following was NOT a method that Stalin used to pretend to be close to Lenin?
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  • He organized Lenin's funeral
  • He was Lenin's right hand man
  • He gave Party members impression that Lenin favored and trusted him.
  • He gave Trotsky the wrong date for Lenin's funeral
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