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6. Who took over as head of the NKVD after vagoda?

  • Yezhov
  • Yagoda
  • Beria
  • Stalin

7. Who were killed in the Trial of the 17?

  • Lenin
  • Trotsky
  • Radek and Sokolnikov
  • Zinoviev and Kamenev

8. What were the social impacts of the Terror?

  • More people attended social events to console those who had lost a family member to the purges.
  • Frienship broke down because propaganda said people were better when they were independent
  • Friends and family of the victims were likely to become victims themselves and social bonds of friendship breakdown due to fear
  • Families of the victims gained compensation

9. What were the main causes of the purges?

  • Kirov's death and the peasant revolts
  • Stalin's personality, the Ryutin platform, the Congress of Victors and the murder of Kirov
  • The Ryutin platform, the Congress of Victors and Stalin's death
  • Stalin's personality, the Congress of Victors and Ryutin's death

10. Who were killed in the Trial of the 16?

  • Yezhov
  • Zinoviev and Kamenev
  • Bukharin
  • Radek