1905 Revolution - Quiz

Question 1

Name two things did peasants did during the 1905 revolution as a reaction.

Answer 1

Withhold paying tax; attack landowners; withhold labour

Question 2

How did students react to the 1905 Rev?

Answer 2

Hung red flags, protest marches; went on strike (classes cancelled 1905)

Question 3

How did soldiers and sailors react?

Answer 3

Some mutinied

Question 4

What were the political parties demanding from the tsar?

Answer 4

Voting rights for a Duma; a constitution; freedom to speak

Question 5

What is the name of the workers’ council that formed on 13th Oct 1905?

Answer 5

St Petersburg Soviet

Question 6

On what date did they hold a national strike that forced the tsar to act?

Answer 6

14th Oct 1905

Question 7

What was the response of the Trotsky to the October Manifesto?

Answer 7

‘A fraud on the people, a trick of the Tsar.’

Question 8

How many days before the opening of the First Duma did the Tsar release his Fundamental Laws?

Answer 8

Four (23rd April 1906)

Question 9

How many statements criticising the actions of the government did the First Duma make in the few weeks they existed?

Answer 9

391

Question 10

The political parties and the workers became increasingly what during the time of the Dumas?

Answer 10

Radical (demanding change)