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6. were the people's will populists or nihilists?

  • nihilists
  • populists

7. what happened to universities under Alexander the 3rd?

  • they were closed temporarily due to student protests
  • uni fees increased
  • all of the above
  • they came under government control

8. what was the consequence of being found guilty of political opposition?

  • execution or exile to siberia
  • a warning
  • execution or a prison scentence
  • persecution of you and your family

9. what would the liberals do if they were in charge?

  • free the people and make them the electorate
  • give freedom of the press and a national parliament elected by the wealthy
  • attempt a further revolution
  • keep the tsar in absolute power

10. what did the liberals want?

  • peaceful political change
  • violent uprisings
  • no change
  • a bloody revolution

11. what was the state of statute security?

  • a ministerial position held by Pobodonostev
  • the body guards to the tsar
  • a policy that created government controlled courts to try political opponents without need for a jury
  • the creation of a new secret police by the tsar's ministers

12. what did all of these repressive policies cause?

  • the upper classes to be angry at the tsar
  • the opposition to go underground
  • the opposition to deminish
  • the opposition to increase

13. how did the government prevent freedom of the press?

  • censored foreign books and banned certain newspapers
  • burnt all foreign books
  • banned any reference to the tsar in the newspapers
  • killed all key journalists

14. what year did the state of statute security end?

  • 1957
  • 1917
  • 1897
  • 1905

15. what was a nihilist?

  • wanted to ddestroy the tsar's rule and free the people with no clear plan- anorchy
  • someone who supported the tsar's rule and wanted to destroy all opposition
  • someone who wanted a peaceful uprising leading to a parliamentary council