- 1. In which decade did the Great Terror primarily occur?
A) 1930s
B) 1940s
C) 1920s
D) 1950s
- 2. What method was commonly used to eliminate perceived enemies during the Great Terror?
A) Public debates
B) Diplomatic negotiations
C) Secret voting
D) Show trials
- 3. What organization conducted the mass arrests during the Great Terror?
A) KGB
B) Cheka
C) NKVD
D) GRU
- 4. What was one long-term effect of the Great Terror?
A) Rapid economic reforms
B) Deep-seated distrust in the government
C) Unquestioned loyalty to Stalin
D) Increased emigration
- 5. What term is often associated with the political climate during the Great Terror?
A) Complacency
B) Paranoia
C) Isolation
D) Optimism
- 6. Robert Conquest's work is often seen as a critique of which ideology?
A) Communism
B) Capitalism
C) Anarchism
D) Fascism
- 7. In 'The Great Terror', Conquest accuses which leader of orchestrating the purges?
A) Nikita Khrushchev
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Leon Trotsky
D) Vladimir Lenin
- 8. Which group was often falsely accused during the Great Terror?
A) Factory workers
B) Former Bolsheviks
C) Peasant farmers
D) Soldiers
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