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Leon Trotsky

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Leon Trotsky game quiz
"The mastermind of the October Revolution, Trotsky was one of the most influential people in the early days of Communist Russia. Take this quiz to learn more about him."

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1. Trotsky was born in _________.
    Uzbekistan, in 1883
    Albania, in 1871
    Georgia, in 1880
    Ukraine, in 1879


2. In 1897, Trotsky helped form the ________________________.
    South Russian Workers' Union
    Russian Peasants' Front
    Russia's Prolterait's Federation
    Northern Russian Soviet


3. After the Russian Revolution of 1905, Trotsky returned home to direct the socialist workers' movement in __________________.
    Moscow
    St. Petersburg
    Tula
    Orenburg


4. In 1917, Trotsky joined the _______________ party.
    Menshivik
    Russian Labor
    Socialist
    Bolshevik


5. In September 1917, Trotsky was elected chairman of the _________________________________.
    Judicial Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
    Foreign Affairs' Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
    Legislative Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
    Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet


6. After the October Revolution of 1917, Lenin appointed Trotsky as the head of ___________________.
    civil affairs
    foreign affairs
    revolutionary affairs
    defense affairs


7. Because of Trotsky's brilliant military leadership, the Bolsheviks won the ___________________________ in 1921.
    Russian Civil War
    Red-White War
    Russio-Japanese War
    Bolshevik-Menshevik Conflict


8. In December 1922, the ___________________________________ was proclaimed.
    Answer: (A former country)


9. After Lenin died in 1924, ___________ established a three-body government with Zinovyev and Kamanev.
    Stalin
    Krensky
    Trotsky
    Khrushchev


10. In 1926, Zinovyev, Kamanev, and Trotsky formed an opposition coalition against Stalin called the ___________________.
    Stalin Opposition Party
    Left Opposition
    anti-Stalinists
    Red Opposition Front


11. In ________, Trotsky was exiled from the USSR.
    1928
    1930
    1927
    1929


12. After his exile, Trotsky was admitted in _____________, where he lived for four years.
    France
    Turkey
    Mexico
    China


13. In 1936, Trotsky took permanent residence in ________________.
    Turkey
    France
    Mexico
    Cuba


14. In 1937, Trotsky published ______________________.
    The Revolution Betrayed
    Brother of the Devil
    The Traitor to Marxism
    The Tyrant


15. In ________________, Trotsky was assassinated.
    August 1940
    June 1940
    May 1940
    September 1940


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