NEP Quiz

Who advanced the idea of a retreat from War Communism in February 1920?

• Lenin

• Trotsky

• Stalin

• Marx

What was the main suggestion of Trotsky to give peasants an incentive to produce and sell surplus grain?

• Requisitioning grain at arbitrary prices

• Taxing peasants in kind and letting them sell the rest at free market prices

• Providing free grain to peasants

• Nationalizing all grain production

What event indicated the lack of support for the Bolsheviks and forced Lenin to confront the situation realistically?

• The October Revolution

• The Kronstadt Rebellion

• The Russian Civil War

• The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

What did Lenin's proposal mark the end of?

• The Russian Civil War

• War Communism

• The Bolshevik Revolution

• The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

What was the Government's long-term aim with the introduction of the NEP?

• To build socialism

• To return to capitalism

• To end the Russian Civil War

• To expand the Russian Empire

What were the three things the Party decided to do to build Socialism despite Russia's backwardness?

• Build up Russia's productive resources, defend itself with a modern army, and expand the proletariat

• Nationalize all industries, collectivize agriculture, and establish a command economy

• Form alliances with capitalist countries, increase foreign trade, and modernize infrastructure

• Abandon socialist principles, adopt market reforms, and privatize state-owned enterprises

What was one of the ideological problems in mobilizing resources for the NEP?

• The socialist government was opposed to the use of market forces

• The socialist government wanted to nationalize all industries

• The socialist government wanted to increase foreign trade

• The socialist government wanted to privatize state-owned enterprises

What was the main priority that emerged in the debates of the 1920s in Russia?

• Expansion of the military

• Development of industry

• Increase in foreign trade

• Improvement of education

What strategy did the government use to encourage the peasantry to prosper and flourish?

• Increasing taxes

• Allowing peasants to sell surpluses

• Importing more machinery

• Reducing industrial production

Under the NEP, what type of economy did Lenin envision for Russia?

• Fully socialist economy

• Fully capitalist economy

• Mixed economy

• Command economy