Lesson 1

1 Early consolidation of power, 1917–18 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 14

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The 20 questions

  1. What did the Decree on Land of November 1917 abolish?

    • Grain requisitioning
    • Peasant communes
    • Private landownership
    • State farms

  2. What happened to the Constituent Assembly in January 1918?

    • Dissolved by Bolsheviks
    • Elected a new Tsar
    • Relocated to Siberia
    • Formed a coalition

  3. What happened to Tsar Nicholas II and his family in July 1918?

    • Exiled to Britain
    • Escaped to France
    • Imprisoned in Moscow
    • Executed at Yekaterinburg

  4. What did Russia cede in the March 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

    • Eastern Siberia
    • Central Asian lands
    • Western territories
    • Northern Caucasus

  5. Why did Lenin accept the harsh Brest-Litovsk peace treaty despite strong opposition?

    • To consolidate power
    • To gain colonies
    • To fund factories
    • To appease Britain

  6. Which party left the coalition government in 1918 over Brest-Litovsk?

    • Left Socialist Revolutionaries
    • Octobrists
    • Kadets
    • Right Mensheviks

  7. Which economic measure did the Bolsheviks take in December 1917 against the banks?

    • Currency devaluation
    • Tariff reduction
    • Nationalisation
    • Privatisation

  8. What did peace with Russia in 1918 primarily allow the German military to do?

    • Build naval fleets
    • Invade the Balkans
    • Demobilise all troops
    • Concentrate western forces

  9. What was the name of the Bolshevik government cabinet formed in 1917?

    • The Duma
    • Provisional Committee
    • Sovnarkom
    • Constituent Assembly

  10. Who led the first stage of the Brest-Litovsk negotiations for the Bolsheviks?

    • Leon Trotsky
    • Joseph Stalin
    • Lev Kamenev
    • Felix Dzerzhinsky

  11. Which social group was most threatened by Bolshevik nationalisation?

    • Factory owners
    • Industrial workers
    • Soldiers
    • Poor peasants

  12. Which event occurred first chronologically in 1918?

    • Red Terror declared
    • Assembly dissolved
    • Tsar executed
    • Brest-Litovsk signed

  13. Which newspaper was founded in 1900 by Lenin, Martov and Plekhanov as the Social Democrats' founding paper, and smuggled into Russia?

    • Vperyod
    • Iskra
    • Novaya Zhizn
    • Pravda

  14. What name did the Bolsheviks adopt for their party in March 1918?

    • Workers Unity Party
    • Social Democratic Party
    • Russian Communist Party
    • Socialist Revolutionary Party

  15. What major economic penalty did Russia accept in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

    • Forced grain tributes
    • Confiscated gold reserves
    • Taxation by Germany
    • Large financial reparations

  16. Why did the Bolsheviks desperately need a quick peace treaty in early 1918?

    • Fight domestic opponents
    • Expand the navy
    • Organise elections
    • Reform the church

  17. Which building served as the Bolsheviks’ headquarters in 1917 and was the base of the Soviet?

    • Winter Palace
    • Mariinsky Palace
    • Tauride Palace
    • Smolny Institute

  18. Where did the Soviet government move its capital in March 1918?

    • Tsaritsyn
    • Kazan
    • Kiev
    • Moscow

  19. Which late 1917 decree gave committees supervisory authority over industrial workplaces?

    • Factory Nationalisation Act
    • Labour Conscription Law
    • Decree on Workers' Control
    • Trade Union Ban

  20. What did the early Bolsheviks confiscate from the Russian Orthodox Church?

    • Lands and valuables
    • Clerical vestments
    • Church buildings only
    • Holy scriptures

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