Question 1

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms.
-democratic centralism

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Question 2

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms.
-the vanguard party

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Question 3

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms.
-reds and experts

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Question 4

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms.
-market socialism

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Question 5

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms.
-revisionist Marxism

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Question 6

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms.
-revolutionary Marxism

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Question 7

What have been the two leading conceptions of democracy among socialists? How have these conceptions related to the split between the revisionist and revolutionary Marxists?

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Question 8

Who spoke of "trade union consciousness," and what did he or she mean by this phrase? Is such consciousness, in his/her judgment, a good thing? Why or why not? What, if anything, is the alternative to trade union consciousness?

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Question 9

Why did Lenin nickname Stalin "the priest"? What, if anything, is the larger significance of that nickname?

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Question 10

Who was Trofim Lysenko, what did he do, and with what result(s)?

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Question 11

Why have some of Marx's followers thought it necessary to revise his theory? And why have other of Marx's followers objected to these revisions? Be sure to discuss specific thinkers and ideas.

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Question 12

What have been the major forms of non-Marxist socialism? In what ways are they similar to and in what ways are they different from Marx's brand of socialism?

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Question 13

What is Marxism-Leninism? Who have been its major proponents, and how does it differ from Marx's theory?

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Question 14

What reason(s) did Lenin (and later Mao Zedong) have for believing that proletarian revolution would come first to economically backward countries such as Russia and China? Be specific.

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Question 15

Why, and in what ways, did Eduard Bernstein "revise" Marx's theory?

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Question 16

In what way(s) does Engels's version of Marxian theory differ from Marx's?

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Question 17

What were Eduard Bernstein's main criticisms of Marx and Marxian theory?

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Question 18

What is Lenin's theory of imperialism and why did he devise it?

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Question 19

Who drew a distinction between "reds" and "experts," and for what purpose(s)?

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Question 20

What was the Great Leap Forward, who fomented it, and with what result(s)?

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Quiz 6: Socialism and Communism After Marx

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms. -democratic centralism

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms. -the vanguard party

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms. -reds and experts

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms. -market socialism

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms. -revisionist Marxism

Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms. -revolutionary Marxism

What have been the two leading conceptions of democracy among socialists? How have these conceptions related to the split between the revisionist and revolutionary Marxists?

Who spoke of "trade union consciousness," and what did he or she mean by this phrase? Is such consciousness, in his/her judgment, a good thing? Why or why not? What, if anything, is the alternative to trade union consciousness?

Why did Lenin nickname Stalin "the priest"? What, if anything, is the larger significance of that nickname?

Who was Trofim Lysenko, what did he do, and with what result(s)?

Why have some of Marx's followers thought it necessary to revise his theory? And why have other of Marx's followers objected to these revisions? Be sure to discuss specific thinkers and ideas.

What have been the major forms of non-Marxist socialism? In what ways are they similar to and in what ways are they different from Marx's brand of socialism?

What is Marxism-Leninism? Who have been its major proponents, and how does it differ from Marx's theory?

What reason(s) did Lenin (and later Mao Zedong) have for believing that proletarian revolution would come first to economically backward countries such as Russia and China? Be specific.

Why, and in what ways, did Eduard Bernstein "revise" Marx's theory?

In what way(s) does Engels's version of Marxian theory differ from Marx's?

What were Eduard Bernstein's main criticisms of Marx and Marxian theory?

What is Lenin's theory of imperialism and why did he devise it?

Who drew a distinction between "reds" and "experts," and for what purpose(s)?

What was the Great Leap Forward, who fomented it, and with what result(s)?