Test Bite

1. Who was the Bolshevik leader?

Kerensky
Lenin
Trotsky

2. What was Lenin's slogan in April 1917?

All power to the Soviets.
The dictatorship of the Proletariat.
From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

3. What were the "July Days"?

The brief period of success in Russia's offensive against Austria.
An attempted Bolshevik revolution.
The days Lenin spent travelling across Europe to be smuggled into Russia.

4. Who led the attempted revolt of August 1917, which was stopped mainly by the Bolsheviks?

Kolchak
Yudenich
Kornilov

5. What was the name for the Bolshevik Army?

Red Guards
People's Militia
Kronstadt sailors

6. What did Trotsky become in September 1917?

Minister of War
President of the St Petersburg Soviet
Commissar for Foreign Affairs

7. What did the Bolsheviks take over on the night of 6-7 November 1917?

The Winter Palace
The St Petersburg Soviet
the bridges and telephone exchange

8. What was the Aurora?

Coloured lights in the night sky at the magnetic poles, caused by solar flares.
The cruiser that fired a shell signalling the attack on the Winter Palace.
The natural authority and "presence" of Lenin when he was giving a speech.

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