Quiz: Where to Begin?

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

1. 1. To what does Lenin compare the newspaper as organiser?

   A bridge across a river The keel and ribs of a ship being laid down Scaffolding round a building going up The nervous system of a body
2. 2. What does Lenin propose as the first practical step towards the organisation?

   Forming terrorist groups in the main cities Calling a congress of all the local committees Founding an all-Russian newspaper Electing deputies to the zemstvos and town councils
3. 3. Besides a collective propagandist and agitator, what else does Lenin call a newspaper?

   A collective conscience A collective organiser A collective educator A collective treasury
4. 4. How does Lenin describe the existing forces of the movement?

   A disciplined standing army, united and ready for a general attack on the autocracy Mainly scattered peasant militias, with a few workers’ circles in the large cities A mass party with a central committee and committees in every industrial town Mostly volunteers and insurgents, with a few small, unconnected regular detachments
5. 5. Which trend does Lenin say has made its nest in Rabocheye Dyelo?

   Anarcho-communist federalism Orthodox revolutionary Marxism Unprincipled eclecticism Liberal constitutionalism
6. 6. From what, according to Lenin, does the movement suffer most of all?

   Too much theory Competition from the liberals for the workers’ support Its fragmentation into purely local work A lack of money