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DSST Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union Test Prep - Question List

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26. The credibility of Czarist rule, which declined significantly before the Russian Revolution, was undermined by which of the following figures?
  1. Stalin
  2. Rasputin
  3. Lenin
  4. Ivan the Terrible
  5. Constantine
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27. The death of Alexander I of Russia led to which of the following?
  1. A prolonged civil war in Russia
  2. The end of the Congress system
  3. The Treaty of Verona
  4. The Decembrist Revolt
  5. An invasion by France
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28. Which of the following explains Stalin's justification for bringing the "Iron Curtain" down on Eastern Europe?
  1. The instability after World War I showed self-rule was not viable.
  2. Historically, the land had been part of the Russian empire.
  3. The territory compensated for damage done by the Germans in the war.
  4. The occupied Eastern European nations had strong Communist movements.
  5. The Soviet Union needed a buffer zone in the face of German aggression.
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29. Which of the following describes the Red Terror?
  1. The West's irrational fear of Communism
  2. It was a nickname of the Communist army
  3. The assassination of Lenin
  4. The execution of thousands in the midst of civil war
  5. A plague-like disease that swept through the Russian countryside
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30.

Who was the first Russian leader who openly discussed Stalin's "crimes"?

  1. Stalin
  2. Yeltsin
  3. Lenin
  4. Khrushchev
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