Q 01/05

Which prime minister, who took office in 1855, led Britain through the rest of the Crimean War?

A) Lord Derby

B) Lord Palmerston

C) William Gladstone

D) Benjamin Disraeli

Answer · why

B) Lord Palmerston

Lord Palmerston's government reformed how the British army was run, merging separate war offices into one.

Q 02/05

Which tsar's demand to protect the Ottoman Empire's Orthodox subjects was the Crimean War's proximate cause?

A) Nicholas I

B) Alexander I

C) Alexander II

D) Paul I

Answer · why

A) Nicholas I

Nicholas I's troops then overran Moldavia and Wallachia in July 1853, and the Ottomans declared war on Russia that October.

Q 03/05

Outrage over the destruction of an Ottoman squadron at which port drew Britain and France into war?

A) Sinop

B) Samsun

C) Odessa

D) Trebizond

Answer · why

A) Sinop

Sinop's destruction stirred a storm of indignation in Britain and France, though Russia and the Ottomans were already at war.

Q 04/05

Allied forces landed in Crimea in September 1854 to capture which Russian naval base?

A) Sevastopol

B) Yevpatoria

C) Odessa

D) Nikolaev

Answer · why

A) Sevastopol

Sevastopol held out until September 1855, when a renewed French assault broke its defences and the Russians abandoned its southern side.

Q 05/05

The allies' first victory in Crimea, on 20 September 1854, was fought on the banks of which river?

A) Alma

B) Chernaya

C) Belbek

D) Danube

Answer · why

A) Alma

Alma was won, but with few ambulances the British needed two days to clear their wounded from the battlefield.