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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what month of the year were the Batista military barracks in Santiago?
(a) March.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) December.

2. Whom did Jose Antonio Echeverria plot to assassinate on March 13, 1956?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) Che.
(c) Castro.
(d) Batista.

3. Which US President funded guerrilla armies to attempt to takeover political power in Cuba?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Nixon.

4. How did Che support himself while he was living in Guatemala?
(a) He wrote travel articles.
(b) He oversaw workers at a construction site.
(c) He planted yucca fields.
(d) He worked in a medical clinic.

5. Why was Che's asthma aggravated whenever he was in Cuba for a long stretch of time?
(a) Because of the pollen.
(b) Because of the weather.
(c) Because of the physical strain on his body.
(d) Because of the animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month of the year were full diplomatic relations between Cuba and Russia announced?

2. Which of the following did Cuba NOT ask for from the Soviet government as soon as their trade agreement was made public?

3. Who was Celia Sanchez?

4. What was Castro's second manifesto to the people of Cuba entitled?

5. Which of the following countries was NOT considered part of the communist bloc in the early 1960's?

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