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Quiz for Primary Source 27.3: Famine and Recovery on a Soviet Collective Farm

Question

1. According to Belov, how did the Soviet government contribute to the 1933 famine in the Ukraine?

The government converted large tracts of farmland into industrial sites.

The government gave inconsistent and often unhelpful instructions to the peasants.

The government ordered the peasants to use inefficient growing techniques.

The government took almost everything that the peasants produced, leaving them with too little to live on.

Correct. The answer is d. Informing the peasants that industrialization required sacrifices on their parts, the government collected almost everything the Ukrainian peasants produced.

Incorrect. The answer is d. Informing the peasants that industrialization required sacrifices on their parts, the government collected almost everything the Ukrainian peasants produced.

Question

2. Who was held responsible for the famine of 1933?

Government requisition agents

The poorest peasants

Kolkhoz leaders

Government officials in Moscow

Correct. The answer is c. All of the individuals in positions of responsibility at each kolkhoz were accused of plundering the kolkhoz and sentenced to harsh prison terms.

Incorrect. The answer is c. All of the individuals in positions of responsibility at each kolkhoz were accused of plundering the kolkhoz and sentenced to harsh prison terms.