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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Khrushchev's logic for getting nuclear weapons into Cuba?
(a) Peace.
(b) Support.
(c) Fear.
(d) Power.

2. What is the ultimate result of Khrushchev raising prices on farm products?
(a) Labor strikes.
(b) Capital gains for the government.
(c) Increased farming revenue.
(d) Increased wages for factory workers.

3. What does Khrushchev demand on November 10, 1958?
(a) The fall of Berlin.
(b) The freeing for the people in Berlin.
(c) Take over of Berlin.
(d) Status of Berlin be normalized.

4. What political issues is Troyanovsky the chief of?
(a) Culture and ideology.
(b) Foregin policy.
(c) General Affairs.
(d) Agriculture.

5. On May 22, what country does Khrushchev claim the USSR will overtake?
(a) USA.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

6. Who does Khrushchev send to Havana?
(a) Mao.
(b) Mikoyan.
(c) Neizvestny.
(d) Solzhenitsyn.

7. In the beginning of Chapter 14, who is indicated as the USSR's leading war hero?
(a) Khrushchev.
(b) Molotov.
(c) Malenkov.
(d) Zhukov.

8. What do planners of Operation Grandslam hope keeps the Soviets unprepared?
(a) False hope for peace.
(b) Poor intelligence.
(c) Failing economy.
(d) May Day.

9. How long does Khrushchev attach Stalin's abuse of power?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 2 hours.

10. On October 31, where does Khrushchev state they need to restore order in?
(a) Budapest.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Romania.
(d) East Germany.

11. How does the U.S. respond to the U-2 incident that led to the capture of a U.S. pilot?
(a) Demand the release of the pilot.
(b) Comes clean.
(c) Lies.
(d) They never find out the pilot was captured.

12. Who does Stalin betray in Chapter 11?
(a) Khrushchev.
(b) The Kremlin.
(c) Lenin.
(d) The Chinese.

13. What does Khrushchev demand in March of 1963 concerning the military?
(a) Train on nuclear weapons.
(b) Unite with Cuba.
(c) Cut in size.
(d) Increase size.

14. Who is responsible for writing Khrushchev's speeches?
(a) Shevchenko.
(b) The Writers Guild.
(c) The Press Group.
(d) Shuisky.

15. Discussed in Chapter 13, who does Khrushchev negotiate with to set up a provisional government?
(a) The Czechs.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Poles.
(d) The Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What policy alienates the Chinese and creates false holes in the Soviet Union?

2. Discussed in Chapter 13, what does Khrushchev feel that Germany, France, and Italy will do?

3. What does Khrushchev compare the 5 major international events to?

4. What does every U-2 mission require?

5. Whose views does Khrushchev denounce in Chapter 17?

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