2. How intelligent are you?
Quite a bit above average.
Average.
Quite a bit below average.
Not sure

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3. How cultured (i.e. Europeanized) are you?
Extremely cultured. I speak several civilized languages and have traveled extensively, and I very much appreciate the fine arts.
Somewhat cultured. I've got passable French and/or German, and I try to share Marxism's cosmopolitan ideals.
I'm provincial and proud of it. I don't accept the decadent bourgeois arts, and I love my Mother Russia!
Uhm . . . does Seinfeld count as culture? Hey, the dude's Jewish, isn't he?
Not sure

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4. Are you more good-humored or prickly?
Quite good-humored and witty.
More on the prickly side.
Not sure

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5. Are you ever called "too extreme"?
Sure, all the time!
Only by the burzhooi (bourgeois).
What, me, extreme? I'm always on the approved side of an issue!
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6. In the Party, what position do you prefer to play?
Something with lots of followers, attention, and opportunity to shine.
Something with lots of power, glamorous or not.
Something unassuming and bureaucratic.
Quarterback.
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7. You want to socialize agriculture. Do you:
Make the kulaks (rich peasants) pay heavy taxes in the form of produce. Come around and take it by force.
Immediately collectivize the land and have peasants work directly for the government. Treat kulaks as part of the bourgeoisie.
Give the peasants lots of breaks when they can stand around and socialize.
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8. What about trade unions?
Who needs them? This is a workers' state, after all. They'll only serve to divide the proletariat.
We need them to ensure workers have a voice independent of the party.
They're all a bunch of pinko commies.
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9. Would you ever renounce your ideals and/or old friends?
Never. The future will triumph, be it over the bleaching bones of the present. On this I stake my life.
Yes, to save my own political career and/or life.
Yes. Not for personal gain, but I'm a pragmatist. Sometimes you have to compromise to get anywhere.
What ideals? What friends? It's all about power.
Why, sure, for a scooby snack.
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10. How good an orator are you?
Among the best of modern times.
Good, though it's not my major talent.
Oration isn't my forte'.
Har har har. My girlfriend/boyfriend seems to think so.
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11. Russia is depleted and her people fatigued by the travails of WWI. It's up to you to decide on your policy toward Germany & Co. What'll it be?
We must pursue revolutionary war! What will it look like if we give in to the imperial powers so early on? The peace treaty is humiliating and we can't afford the loss of that much territory.
We should sign the peace at whatever cost. Our people supported us largely because we promised to end this imperialist war. Our land and infrastructure can't take any more fighting, and we face almost certain defeat if we try.
I will make a dramatic statement to the capitalist leaders best summed up as "no war, no peace". We will cease resistance and thus force them declare their imperialist aims openly if they persist in attacking Russia. If this fails, I will by default sign the peace.
This is too hard. Is that tsar still around and would he like to take back the government for a while?
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12. What do you mostly read?
Anything and everything. On a long train ride recently, I read "The Iliad", and I try to keep up on modern novels and poetry.
Mostly Marxist theory and the news of the day. I don't have time to read for pleasure.
Usually just party documents these days, although I have a special fondness for the poet Nekrasov.
Read? Me?
Not sure

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