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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political positions does Khrushchev hold?
(a) Party leader and Secretary of State.
(b) President and party leader.
(c) Secretary of State and Prime Minister.
(d) Prime Minister and party leader.

2. How does Khrushchev feel about his father taking him out of school?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Confused.

3. Who becomes Khrushchev's assistant while head of the Ukrainian Party?
(a) Bazhan.
(b) Tychyna.
(c) Korneichuk.
(d) Shevchenko.

4. What does Khrushchev aim to improve with his career ambitions?
(a) Peasant life.
(b) Economy.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Worker conditions.

5. What does starvation around the country lead to?
(a) Rationing.
(b) Cannibalism.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Cooperation.

6. Who does Khrushchev marry in 1914?
(a) Nina.
(b) Vera.
(c) Yefrosinia.
(d) Nedezhda.

7. What type of educational program does Khrushchev enroll in?
(a) University program.
(b) Rabfak Program.
(c) Adult learners program.
(d) Bolshevik program.

8. When is Khrushchev named lieutenant general?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1944.

9. Who verbally assaults Khrushchev in 1964?
(a) Mikoyan.
(b) Brezhnev.
(c) Kosygin.
(d) Stalin.

10. When does the Civil War end?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1922.

11. Who takes over as party leader after Khrushchev leaves office?
(a) Kosygin.
(b) Brezhnev.
(c) Mikoyan.
(d) Stalin.

12. Where is Khrushchev born?
(a) Stalino.
(b) Donetsk.
(c) Kalinovka.
(d) Yuzovka.

13. Why is Lyonia court-martialed while recovering from battle wounds?
(a) Lied about the wounds.
(b) Treason.
(c) AWOL.
(d) Kills a sailor.

14. In 1912, why is Khrushchev fired from two different jobs?
(a) His political activities.
(b) Bad attitude.
(c) Sleeping on the job.
(d) Poor performance.

15. What reason does the government give for Khrushchev's leaving office?
(a) He was of retirement age.
(b) Voted out.
(c) Health reasons.
(d) Treason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group emphasizes economic improvement in 1917?

2. How much of the USSR's wealth does WWII claim?

3. What happens to Stalin on March 1, 1953?

4. When does Khrushchev know Stalin no longer trusts him?

5. What does Khrushchev consider Malenkov and Bulganin to be?

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