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Russian Culture: Modern Era
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1
Catherine the Great was all of the following except
patron of the arts and literature
in correspondence with Voltaire
a German princess
a German spy
2
Which of the following was not a cause of the 1917 Revolution?
Duma's ineffectuality
Incompetence of Tsar Nicholas II
Rasputin and the scandal with the tsarist family
Provocation at Yalta Conference
3
What two beverages are very popular in Russia?
tea and vodka
hot chocolate and whisky
coffee and scotch
tea and cognac
4
This character is
a fictional character
President Putin's pet
a symbol of Sochi Winter Olympics of 2014
a symbol of Moscow Olympic games of 1980
5
Which monarch abolished serfdom in 1881?
Alexander I
Alexander II
Alexander III
Nicholas I
6
What mountain is considered the tallest in Europe?
Ural Mountains
Mount Akhun
Mount Narodnaya
Mount Elbrus
7
What characteristic is not applicable to Russian history?
openness to west or not
alternating periods of repression and reform
strong history of democracy
invasions and fear of invasion
8
Which of the following does not apply to Stalin's totalitarian state?
religious persecution
establishment of gulag system
encouragement of avant-garde art
social realism influencing the citizens
9
Who ruled between 1953 and 1964?
Gorbachev
Medvedev
Brezhnev
Khrushchev
10
Russia has strong borders with other countries which protected it throughout history.
false
true
11
Golden Horde refers to
Mongol-Tatar invasion
Yaroslav the Wise's reforms
Golden age of Russian Orthodox Christianity
Rise of Muscovy
12
What country's flag is this?
Belorus
Uzbekistan
Georgia
Latvia
13
What is "Bloody Sunday"?
Workers' strikes that led to mass assassinations
Executions of the tsarist family
Decembrist revolt
Peaceful demonstration led by Fr. Gapon to ask for reforms
14
Which group believed Russia brought nothing to the world civilization and history up to 1800s?
Westernizers
Decembrists
Slavophiles
Nationalists
15
Who composed "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake" ballet?
Rimsky-Korsakov
Stravinsky
Tchaikovsky
Baryshnikov
16
What people became agents/administrators for Mongols during the Mongol invasion?
Chinese
Ukranians
Tatars
Kazakhs
17
What is dacha?
mushroom picking
apartment building in the city
Russian sauna
small plots of land owned by individuals
18
Identify:
banya
samovar
matryoshka
balalaika
19
"Babushka" is a term of endearement for
grand-mother
mother-in-law
mother
divine mother
20
Who wrote "Crime and Punishment", "Idiot", "Brothers Karamazov"?
Turgenev
Gogol
Dostoevsky
Tostoy
21
Who was not part of the "Mighty Five" of the Red Army hockey team?
Larionov
Fetisov
Bryulov
Krutov
22
What is not a folk musical instrument?
bayan
gusli
balalaika
samovar
23
What is not true about the Russian celebrations of the New Year?
There is a lot of partying with drinking and eating
The President addresses the nation on the New Year's Eve
Festivities last for two weeks
People come out to work on January 2nd
24
European Russia lies
north of the Ural Mountains
south of the Ural Mountains
east of the Ural Mountains
west of the Ural Mountains
25
Who was the first Romanov ruler chosen by boyars in 1613 as a 16-year-old?
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Peter the Great
Mikhail Romanov
Ivan V
26
Where were the 2014 Winter Olympics held?
Sochi
Yalta
St. Petersburg
Moscow
27
When did Time of Troubles take place?
beginning of 16th century
end of 17th - beginning of 18th centuries
end of 16th - beginning of 17th centuries
beginning of 16th - end of 17th centuries
28
When Lenin died, who were the two frontrunners for the post of the Secretary of the Communists?
Stalin and Dzerzhinsky
Kirov and Trotsky
Trotsky and Stalin
Stalin and Molotov
29
Which writer penned "Fathers and Sons" and "Nest of Gentlefolk"?
Rasputin
Yesenin
Turgenev
Pushkin
30
How many time zones are there in Russia?
13
10
5
9
31
What is not true about Ivan III (Ivan the Great)?
wanted to create The Third Rome
Established hereditary rule
was a member of Romanov family
adopted Byzantine traditions
32
What was not one of the causes of the Decembrist movement?
liberal ideas of Western Europe
War of 1812
"October Manifesto"
succession controversy
33
What major sporting event will take place in Sochi in 2018?
Winter Olympics
FIFA World Cup
Stanley Cup Finals
Ryder Cup
34
Which monarch traveled in Europe as a workman to learn different crafts?
Catherine the Great
Ivan the Great
Alexander I
Peter the Great
35
What is NOT true about lake Baikal?
the most voluminous fresh water lake in the world
contains 80% of the world's surface fresh water
world's oldest lake
world's deepest lake
36
What Russian culture topics were not covered in class this semester?
The Russian history and famous leaders
The Cultural institutions of arts, music, ballet, etc.
The political culture and its major institutions
The institutions of higher learning and education
37
The October Revolution is celebrated in which month?
February
October
December
November
38
Which monarch was reactionary and anti-German, anti-Semitic?
Alexander II
Nicholas I
Alexander I
Alexander III
39
Which former Soviet Republic is located in the Caucasus Mountains?
Kazakhstan
Ukraine
Georgia
Estonia
40
Which -ev was not a leader of Russia?
Khruschev
Medvedev
Brezhnev
Mendeleev
41
What Russian monarch fought against Napoleon in the War of 1812?
Alexander II
Nicholas I
Alexander I
Alexander III
42
When giving flowers to a Russian, how many in a bouquet should it be?
odd number
a dozen
at least two dozens
even number
43
Who was a Russian mystic peasant closely involved with the last tsarist family?
Yesenin
Rasputin
Bryulov
Romanov
44
Who was known under the name of "Elightened Despot"?
Peter the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Catherine the Great
Ivan the Great
45
These three characters
come from Russian fairy tales
represent three branches of government
are mascots of Sochi Winter Olympics of 2014
are mascots of Moscow Olympics of 1980
46
What is often considered natural borders between Europe and Asia?
Bering Strait
Black Sea
Ural Mountains
Elbrus Mountains
47
Peter the Great made all the following reforms except
economic
government
military and naval
secret police
48
What two dynasties ruled Russia?
Rusin and Romanov
Rasputin and Romanov
Rurik and Rasputin
Rurik and Romanov
49
How many revolutions were there in 1917?
five
one
three
two
50
"The Five" or the "Mighty Handful" refers to a group of
poets
bear trainers
composers
painters
51
According to the Russian fairy tales, what character always wins at the end?
Koschei the Deathless
Baba Yaga
the Grey Wolf
Ivan the Fool
52
What was Peter the Great's major problem with Russian geopolitical situation?
It was surrounded by the enemies
It had no access to the East
It was too autocratic
It had no warm water ports
53
How long did the Mongols rule Russia?
200-250 years
100-200 years
more than 400 years
one century
54
Which of the following did not happen under Gorbachev?
breakup of the USSR
Perestroika
Glastnost'
Troika
55
The Third Section was one of the aftermaths of the Decembrist movement. What was it?
Liberal party that fought against serfdom
A network of spies and informers
Tsar-sponsored military squad
An organization to censor printed materials
56
Black Square, Red Square, Black Cross, White on White -- is associated with which artist?
Alexander Rodchenko
Kazimir Malevich
Marc Chagall
El Lissitzky
57
What can be considered a turning point when common people no longer saw the tsar as protector?
Decembrist Revolt
Bloody Sunday
October Manifesto
Black Friday
58
Which tsar was prone to episodic outbreaks of mental illness?
Mikhail Romanov
Ivan III or Ivan the Great
Ivan IV or Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
59
Who wrote "The Bronze Horseman"?
Alexander Pushkin
Yuri Lermontov
Leo Tolstoy
Fyodor Dostoevsky
60
What body of water does not touch Russian lands?
Red Sea
Caspian Sea
North Sea
Black Sea
61
Which two books were written and published during Kruschev's reign?
"Perestroika" and "Glasnost'"
"Anna Karenina" and "War and Peace"
"One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and "Doctor Zhivago
"Doctor Zhivago" and "Crime and Punishment"
62
What was Yaroslav the Wise not known for?
Made written laws
defeated Mongol invaders
Made alliances with other states
Encouraged artists
63
Two famous ballet institutions in Russia are
Royal Ballet and Putin Ballet
Kirov Ballet and Ballet Russes
Bolshoi Ballet and Menshoi Ballet
Bolshoi Ballet and Kirov Ballet
64
Who first renounced Mongol rule over Russia?
Ivan III
Ivan IV
Prince Oleg
Vladimir I
65
The name "Rus" comes from
Viking tribes
Novgorod seche
Ukrainian kossaks
Mongol settlers
66
Who was once a KGB officer?
Putin
Stalin
Yeltzin
Lenin
67
The paintings of which artist have maritime scenes?
Dostoevsky
Tchaikovsky
Aivazovsky
Mussorgsky
68
Duma as an institution can be compared to
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Congress
U. S. FBI and CIA
U. S. Executive Branch
69
What is NOT true about the Unity Day?
It commemorates the defeat of the Lithuanian-Polish invaders
On this day the President gives out the medals in Kremlin
It is a religious holiday
It is celebrated on November 4
70
The Russian alphabet uses letters from the __ script.
Cyrillic
Sanscrit
Runic
Latin
71
Ded Moroz is
The symbol of Russian resistance during WWII
Grandfather Frost
Baba Yaga's husband
the composer of the Russian anthem
72
The patronym is
the name of the father
indicates what village or city one belongs to
is the name of the grand-father
is the last name
73
Peter the Great never traveled outside of Russia.
false
true
74
Which of the following is false?
The White Army lost the Civil War
The Cheka helped Lenin impose Communist control
The Civil War ended in 1922
Lenin was the leader of the Whites
75
What makes Russian culture grand and mysterious?
its immense geography and tumultous history
Its tumultous past and Western-oriented rulers
its political institutions based on democracy and openness
its identity with the West
76
In which republic the KGB organization is still thriving?
Armenia
Ukraine
Belorus
Latvia
77
Who was the first man in space?
Yuri Gagarin
Slava Fetisov
Nikita Khruschev
Konstantin Tsialovsky
78
In what year did the Moscow Olympics take place?
2000
1970
1980
2014
79
At what age did Peter the Great become tsar?
20 years old
10 years old
25 years old
3 years old
80
The end of 19th - beginning of 20th century literary movement is called
Silver Age
Bronze Age
Steel Age
Gold Age
81
The origins of Matryoshka
are unknown
are traced to the Japanese dolls
are related to Siberian folk tales
are rooted in the Scythian folklore
82
At what age did Ivan IV assume throne?
At the age of 16
At the age of three
At the age of 50
At the age of nine
83
What is not a lucky number in Russian folk traditions?
three
seven
twelve
thirteen
84
All the following are true about the Stalin regime except
Great purges
five-year plans, collective farming
state control over all sections of society and individual
Russia becomes USSR
85
The Decembrist Revolt of 1825 was led by
Bolsheviks
Mensheviks
Father Gapon
Young noblemen
86
The political debates of the mid 19th century were between
Slavophiles and Decembrists
Bolsheviks and Loyalists
Slavophiles and Westernizers
Nationalists and Westernizers
87
What was the main goal of the Decembrist Revolt of 1825?
abolition of slavery and reorganization of the government
reforms in the army and navy
institution of capitalist economics and factories to workers
assassination of the tsar and land to the people
88
What is not true about the Northern Siberia?
covered by tundra and permafrost
fishing and hunting seals and walruses
has few people living there
mild climate
89
Who wrote a famous poem praising the Decembrists and their plight?
Turgenev
Lermontov
Pushkin
Gogol
90
Which artist painted the St. Isaac's Catheral in St. Petersburg ?
Bruni
Glinka
Gogol
Pushkin
91
Who made Orthodox the state religion?
Prince Oleg
Yaroslav the Wise
Ivan the Great
Vladimir I
92
Whose army did Peter the Great defeat at the Battle of Poltava?
Ottoman Empire
German
Polish-Lithuanian
Swedish
93
What was the first Russian ruler to officially crown himself "Tsar"?
Prince Daniil Dolgorukiy
Ivan IV
Peter the Great
Michael Romanov
94
Who built the royal palace in Kremlin?
Mikhail Romanov
Peter the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Alexander I
95
What is not true about Novgorod during 13-15 centuries?
It was destroyed by the Mongols
It was a city-state
It means "New City"
It controled territories from Estonia to Ural Mountains
96
Which tsar built St. Basil's Cathedral to mark victory over the Khazan Khanate?
Ivan IV or Ivan the Terrible
Grand Duke Daniil Aleksandrovich
Alexander Nevsky
Ivan III or Ivan the Great
97
Who was the last Romanov tsar?
Alexander III
Vladimir III
Peter III
Nicholas II
98
Where did Peter the Great grow up?
in Saint Petersburg
in the French quarter in Moscow
in Germany
in the German quarter in Moscow
99
Who was not a famous Russian composer?
Rimsky-Korsakov
Mussorgsky
Bruni
Glinka
100
boyars are Russian
peasants
clergy
tsars
aristocrats
101
When Rus was settled by Scandinavians, their main center or capital was
Moscow
Stalingrad
Volgograd
Kiev
102
Which czar wanted to establish the Third Rome in all of Russia?
Ivan the Great
Nicolas II
Vladimir I
Peter the Great
103
This famous painting is called
The Trinity
The Three Musketeers
The Three Caballeros
The Three Bogatyrs
104
What is not true about the Time of Troubles?
Civil War caused by bad harvests, invasions and weak kings
After the death of Ivan III
Polish-Lithuanian intervention
there were six different rulers
105
When did the Rurik dynasty end?
with the death of Ivan IV's son Fyodor I
with the death of Anastasia Romanovna
with the death of Boris Godounov
with the death of Ivan III
106
What natural resources are not Russia's main exports?
coal
limestone
natural gas
crude oil
107
What is not part of the Russian avant-garde style?
Constructivism
Suprematism
Socialist Realism
Futurism
108
Who is not a villain in Russian fairy tales?
Baba Yaga
Koschei the Deathless
The Grey Wolf
Sivka Burka
109
What is not true about Kamchatka Peninsula?
mountainous
in the eastern part of Russia
over 120 volcanoes
part of "Ring of Fire"
110
What is not a calamity associated with the reign of Ivan the Terrible?
rampant famine
massive inquisitions
Civil War
canabalism
111
In Russian culture, what can you NOT do inside the house?
wear slippers
play cards
whistle
drink vodka
112
What is the longest river in Europe and a vital transportation route?
Amur River
Ob River
Volga River
Yenisei River
113
Identify this ruler:
Peter the Great
Ivan the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Prince Vladimir
114
According to a Russian superstition, why can't a young girl sit at the corner of the table?
She will lose all her money
She will be unlucky in life
She will not get married for seven years
She will have to clean up the table for the next five years
115
Sputnik is translated as
Soviet Patriotic United Technical Nuclear Ideal Kommittee
Satellite
Space Program Untitled Total Negativity in Kosmos
Nuclear reactor
116
Who wrote "Eugene Onegin", "The Bronze Horseman", fairy tales, poems?
Tchaikovsky
Gogol
Akhmatova
Pushkin
117
Which one is not part of the Soviet classical music great?
Shostakovich
Mayakovsky
Rostropovich
Prokofiev
118
Which tsar kills his oldest son and heir?
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Ivan the Great
Alexander I
119
What is not true about the Monument to the Third International?
Represented an international symbol of modernity
Contained five differently shaped constructions
Was constructed and then ruined during the WWII
Designed by Vladimir Tatlin
120
Which writers were not part of the Golden Age of Russian literature?
Turgenev and Dostoevsky
Tchekhov and Tolstoy
Pushkin and Akhmatova
Tostoy and Gogol
