Quiz: What Is To Be Done?

15 questions drawn at random. Score 80% for a silver medal.

1. 1. From where, according to Lenin, must Social-Democratic consciousness be brought to the workers?

   From the factory From the trade unions From the peasantry From without
2. 2. How does the conclusion answer the question “What is to be done?”

   Prepare the armed insurrection Return to the spirit of the First Period Liquidate the Third Period Unite with the League abroad
3. 3. To bring political knowledge to the workers, where must the Social-Democrats go?

   Among all classes of the population Among the peasants first of all, then the workers Abroad, to the émigré centres Only among the factory workers
4. 4. According to chapter II, what kind of consciousness can the working class develop exclusively by its own effort?

   No consciousness at all Social-Democratic consciousness Trade-union consciousness National consciousness
5. 5. Whose article on the Austrian party programme does Lenin quote on socialist consciousness?

   Max Adler Rosa Luxemburg Karl Kautsky Franz Mehring
6. 6. What happened to the first Rabocheye Dyelo prepared by the St. Petersburg group in 1895?

   It was printed abroad in Geneva and smuggled in by students It was seized by the gendarmes It merged with Rabochaya Mysl after one issue It was banned by the censor after its first issue
7. 7. What two conditions does Lenin say “broad principles of democracy” presuppose?

   Universal suffrage and a parliament Freedom of the press and of assembly for all members Full publicity and election to all functions A written constitution and courts
8. 8. What historical service does Lenin credit Lassalle with?

   Founding the First International together with Marx at St Martin’s Hall in London Drafting the Erfurt Programme on which all the German Social-Democrats united Diverting the German labour movement from progressive trade unionism and co-operation Leading the party through all twelve years of the Anti-Socialist Laws under Bismarck
9. 9. Complete the paraphrased epigram: “Give us an organisation of revolutionists, and we shall…”

   overturn the whole of Russia! build socialism in one country! free the peasants! conquer the world!
10. 10. What does the word “khvostism” come from?

    A Russian word for a strike-breaker A German word for a compromise The name of an Economist editor in Kiev Khvost, Russian for “tail”
11. 11. In Lenin’s image of the compact group on a difficult path, where do some members want to go?

    Over the mountain Into the marsh Into the forest Back to the river
12. 12. What three features should the workers’ organisations for the economic struggle have?

    Organised by locality, elected, and led by trusted intellectuals of the party Secret, small and centralised Legal, national and formally affiliated to the party committees By trade, as wide as possible, as public as conditions allow
13. 13. What three sides of the struggle does Engels say the German workers combine?

    Trade-union, cooperative and parliamentary work Local, national and international solidarity Legal, illegal and armed Theoretical, political, practical economic
14. 14. What “old song” does the working-class revolutionary see behind the Economists’ talk of palpable results?

    A fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work Adding a kopeck to the ruble Bread, peace and land Eight hours’ work, eight hours’ rest
15. 15. To what does Lenin compare the newspaper in a building under construction?

    The scaffolding The architect’s plan The roof The foundations