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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eisenhower think of the next President and the relationship with the Russians?
(a) Peace would not be the next President's main focus.
(b) The next President could not hesitate to launch the missiles.
(c) The next President could not be Communist.
(d) The next President would have to be strong.

2. What did Eisenhower feel about other possible presidential contenders?
(a) They could not beat Nixon.
(b) They could use the atom bomb too easily.
(c) They were not smart enough to be president.
(d) They did not know the Russians like he did.

3. What did Chapter 20 say about Eisenhower's dealings with Russia in 1961 and 1962?
(a) He tried to maintain peace.
(b) He groomed his replacement.
(c) He tried to trick the Soviets into surrendering.
(d) He planned for a first strike.

4. What was lost at the end of the senate hearing on Communism?
(a) All traces of Oppenheimer.
(b) Eisenhower's will to continue being President.
(c) McCarthy's credibility.
(d) The plans for the H bomb.

5. What agency did Eisenhower decide to create?
(a) NASA.
(b) SAC.
(c) NORAD.
(d) CIA.

6. What advice did Eisenhower give the new President, in Chapter 23?
(a) To not put too much money in the Apollo programs.
(b) To disband NASA.
(c) Do not trust Nixon.
(d) End the Vietnam War as quickly as possible.

7. What did Eisenhower fear would happen because of an increase in military spending?
(a) U.S.A. would have no choice but to attack Russia.
(b) The military would not be capable of effectively fighting.
(c) U.S.A. would bankrupt itself.
(d) The military would take control of the government.

8. What did Arkansas do in September 1958 after the National Guard was recalled?
(a) They fought in court.
(b) They burned the school.
(c) They closed Central High School.
(d) They accepted the current situation.

9. Who did Eisenhower win over in the presidential election of 1956?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Stevenson.

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

11. Why did Eisenhower forget about doing simple things?
(a) Because since 1941 they had been done for him.
(b) His laziness.
(c) His strokes.
(d) Alzheimer's.

12. 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.

13. Who occasionally called Eisenhower for advice?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Lyndon Johnson.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Gerald Ford.

14. What happened to Eisenhower in September 1955?
(a) Eisenhower had a stroke.
(b) Eisenhower broke his leg.
(c) Eisenhower broke his arm.
(d) Eisenhower had a heart attack.

15. What did Eisenhower discover quickly after the start of the summit?
(a) The Soviets would not accept his proposal of open skies.
(b) The Soviets installed missiles in Cuba.
(c) The Soviets developed an H bomb.
(d) Tanks were massing in East Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did people have trouble comprehending, according to Eisenhower?

2. What was Eisenhower happy about after leaving the White House?

3. Where did Eisenhower move after leaving the White House, in Chapter 22?

4. What did Eisenhower try to set up to prevent an arms race between the U.S. and the Soviets?

5. What did Eisenhower think the U.S. had enough of?

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