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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many heart attacks did Eisenhower suffer while hospitalized?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. What did Khrushchev propose to Eisenhower that Eisenhower refused?
(a) A summit in Berlin.
(b) A summit in Paris.
(c) A summit in London.
(d) A summit in Ankara.

3. What did people have trouble comprehending, according to Eisenhower?
(a) What M.A.D. was.
(b) The complexity of an atomic bomb.
(c) What acceptable losses meant.
(d) The power of atomic weapons.

4. Who would the U.S. support if France and Britain did not agree to a cease fire, in Chapter 17?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Iran.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Germany.

5. What situation required Eisenhower's attention during his 1956 campaign?
(a) Mer el Kebir.
(b) The Suez Canal crisis.
(c) The invasion of Aifa.
(d) The Yom Kippur War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eisenhower think was more important than what the military was asking for?

2. What idea did Eisenhower come up with to try to lower the threat of nuclear war?

3. What did the U.S. and the Soviets agree on at the end of the summit?

4. What did Eisenhower vow to uphold in the civil rights movement?

5. What happened to Eisenhower in September 1955?

Short Essay Questions

1. After another heart attack, what did Eisenhower do?

2. Who was Khruschev and why was he significant?

3. What happened during a U-2 flight prior to a summit in Paris?

4. Who was with Eisenhower when he passed away?

5. What happened in September 1957 through September 1958?

6. What happened to Eisenhower in November 1957, as discussed in Chapter 19?

7. What did Eisenhower do from his hospital room after another heart attack?

8. What was Eisenhower doing with the U-2 planes in Chapter 21, and why was it significant?

9. What program did Eisenhower design, in Chapter 19?

10. Where did Eisenhower go and what did he need to do, in Chapter 22?

(see the answer keys)

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