NII: KNOWLEDGE TEST

Question 1

What year did Nicholas II become Tsar?

Answer 1

1894

Question 2

In what year did the Russo-Japanese war begin?

Answer 2

1904

Question 3

Who led the march on Bloody Sunday?

Answer 3

Father Gapon

Question 4

What were the 3 main types of opposition in Nicholas II’s reign?

Answer 4

• Populist
• Marxist
• Liberal

Question 5

When was the split of the SDs into the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks?

Answer 5

1903

Question 6

What were the violent branch of the SRs known as?

Answer 6

The Combat Detachment

Question 7

When was the Lena Goldfields massacre?

Answer 7

1912

Question 8

What did Stolypin’s agricultural reforms allow?

Answer 8

Peasants could leave the mir and consolidate their strips of land.

Question 9

How far did coal production grow between 1894 and 1916?

Answer 9

From 5.9 to 33.8 million tons.

Question 10

How good was Russia’s production of coal, pig-iron and steel by 1914?

Answer 10

It was the fourth largest producer.

Question 11

When did Nicholas II become Commander in Chief?

Answer 11

August 1915.

Question 12

When did the Romanovs celebrate their tricentenary?

Answer 12

1913

Question 13

Which treaty was signed at the end of the Russo-Japanese war?

Answer 13

Treaty of Portsmouth

Question 14

When was the October Manifesto?

Answer 14

17th October 1905

Question 15

Which minister persuaded Nicholas II to pass the October Manifesto?

Answer 15

Sergei Witte

Question 16

In what year did the 1st Duma meet?

Answer 16

1906

Question 17

For how many days did the 1st Duma meet?

Answer 17

42

Question 18

What was the name of the appeal after the first Duma, in which some of the Kadets stirred up trouble in Finland?

Answer 18

The Vyborg Appeal

Question 19

What laws were passed in 1906 to limit the power of the Dumas?

Answer 19

Fundamental Laws

Question 20

In what year were the Electoral Laws passed?

Answer 20

1907

Question 21

What was the nickname for the hangman’s noose in Nicholas II’s reign?

Answer 21

Stolypin’s necktie

Question 22

When was Stolypin assassinated?

Answer 22

1911

Question 23

What date was International Women’s Day, when women protested about bread shortages during the February Revolution?

Answer 23

23rd Feb 1917

Question 24

When did Nicholas II abdicate?

Answer 24

2nd March 1917

Question 25

Who did Nicholas II abdicate in favour of?

Answer 25

Grand Duke Michael (his brother).

Question 26

Which group did the Provisional Government form out of?

Answer 26

The Progressive Bloc.