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What were the three main factors that contributed to the rise of Stalin?
a) Stalin's testament, Lenin's unpopularity in the Politburo and Trotsky's manipulations
b) Stalin's testament, Trotsky's unpopularity in the Politburo and Lenin's manipulations
c) Lenin's testament, Trotsky's unpopularity in the Politburo and Stalin's manipulations
d) Lenin's testament, Trotsky's unpopularity in the Red Army and Stalin's manipulations
What was NOT true about Lenin's testament?
a) Lenin urged that Stalin be removed as Secretary-General of the Communist Party in his testament.
b) Party members agreed to ignore Lenin's warning because they believed Trotsky was a greater threat to them.
c) Party members agreed to ignore Lenin's warning because the testament contained unflattering comments of other candidates.
d) Stalin should be Lenin's successor.
Which was NOT true about Trotsky's unpopularity?
a) Trotsky was seen as the threat as he was the head of the Red Army and had led the Bolsheviks to victory against the Whites .
b) Trotsky was unpopular as he was considered Lenin's right-hand man.
c) Trotsky was unpopular as he was outspoken and had clashed with Lenin and the Communist Party in several occasions.
d) Trotsky was unpopular as he argued for Socialism in One Country.
How did Stalin pretend to have been close to Lenin?
a) Stalin organised Lenin's funeral to be a grand affair and appointed himself as a chief mourner.
b) Stalin gave Trotsky the right date of Lenin's funeral.
c) Stalin renamed Petrograd as Legrad in Lenin's honour.
d) Stalin bought bak kwa for Lenin during Chinese New Year.
When did Lenin die?
a) 1922
b) 1923
c) 1924
d) 1925
What was Stali's appointed position in 1922?
a) General
b) Secretary
c) Secretary-General
d) Lenin's right-hand man
How did Stalin manipulate his power as a Secretary-General?
a) Stalin used his position to replace Lenin's allies with his own.
b) Stalin used his position to replace Trotsky's allies with Lenin's.
c) Stalin used his position to replace Trotsky's allies with his own.
d) Lenin used his position to replace Trotsky's allies with Stalin's .
What was the main ideological division in the Communist Party?
a) Moderate vs Radical
b) Democracy vs Communism
c) Moderate vs Communism
d) Radical vs Communism
Which in the following is not true about Stalin's exploitation of ideological divisions in the Party?
a) Stalin first allied himself with moderate Politburo members who opposed Trotsky whom they saw as radical.
b) Once Trotsky had been expelled from the Party,Stalin broke his alliance with the moderate and allied himself with theradical
c) Stalin allied himself with the radical group to remove his remaining competitors.
d) Stalin broke his troka alliance.
When did Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union?
a) 1927
b) 1928
c) 1929
d) 1930
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