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