Vladimir Lenin MCQ Quiz Questions with Answers Quiz Questions

1. Under what conditions were Russian peasants forced to fight during World War I?

A With little military training B All of the above C They were sometimes forced to fight without weapons D With no shoes or food

2. Which of the following best describes Vladimir Lenin's childhood?

A He grew up on a small farm as a poor peasant B He was the son of a teacher and received a good education C He was an orphan who had to beg to survive D He was the nephew to the Tsar of Russia and grew up in the Tsar's court

3. What happened to Lenin's older brother Sacha?

A He was exiled to Siberia for writing a political poem B He was killed in a duel with an aristocrat C He was executed for planning to assassinate the Tsar D He died fighting the Germans in World War I

4. What form of government did Lenin come to believe was the ideal form of government?

A Communism B Democracy C Monarchy D Dictatorship

5. Where did Lenin live while he wrote papers and planned for the Russian Revolution?

A Western Europe B China C Africa D America

6. Who were the Bolsheviks?

A A political party in Germany B A group of Marxist revolutionaries led by Vladimir Lenin C The secret police of the Tsars D The name of the royal family in Russia

7. What country helped Vladimir Lenin in his overthrow of the Russian government?

A United Kingdom B United States C Germany D France

8. What was the name of the new country that Vladimir Lenin formed after the revolution?

A United States of Russia B Ukraine C Russian Republic D Soviet Union

9. Which of the following best describes Russia in the years after the October Revolution?

A Civil War B Peace and prosperity C Continued to fight Germany in World War I D All of the above

10. Who took control of the Soviet Union after Vladimir Lenin died?

A Leon Trotsky B Mikhail Gorbachev C Joseph Stalin D Karl Marx