Vladimir Lenin
Test Quiz
1. Which of the following best describes Vladimir Lenin's childhood?
a. He was an orphan who had to beg to survive
b. He grew up on a small farm as a poor peasant
c. He was the nephew to the Tsar of Russia and grew up in the Tsar's court
d. He was the son of a teacher and received a good education
e. He grew up in a wealthy aristocratic family in Moscow
2. What happened to Lenin's older brother Sacha?
a. He was killed in a duel with an aristocrat
b. He died fighting the Germans in World War I
c. He was executed for planning to assassinate the Tsar
d. He was exiled to Siberia for writing a political poem
e. Lenin didn't have a brother, but was an only child
3. What form of government did Lenin come to believe was the ideal form of government?
a. Communism
b. Democracy
c. Monarchy
d. Dictatorship
e. Republic
4. Where did Lenin live while he wrote papers and planned for the Russian Revolution?
a. China
b. Africa
c. America
d. Middle East
e. Western Europe
5. Who were the Bolsheviks?
a. The secret police of the Tsars
b. A group of Marxist revolutionaries led by Vladimir Lenin
c. A political party in Germany
d. The name of the royal family in Russia
e. People who were loyal to the Russian Tsars
6. Under what conditions were Russian peasants forced to fight during World War I?
a. With no shoes or food
b. They were sometimes forced to fight without weapons
c. With little military training
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
7. What country helped Vladimir Lenin in his overthrow of the Russian government?
a. United States
b. United Kingdom
c. Germany
d. France
e. Spain
8. What was the name of the new country that Vladimir Lenin formed after the revolution?
a. Russian Republic
b. Ukraine
c. United States of Russia
d. Siberian Democratic Association
e. Soviet Union
9. Which of the following best describes Russia in the years after the October Revolution?
a. Peace and prosperity
b. Continued to fight Germany in World War I
c. Civil War
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
10. Who took control of the Soviet Union after Vladimir Lenin died?
a. Joseph Stalin
b. Mikhail Gorbachev
c. Karl Marx
d. Leon Trotsky
e. Leonid Brezhnev
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