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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eisenhower try to convince Nixon of?
(a) Run for President.
(b) Take himself off the 1956 ticket.
(c) Abandon politics.
(d) Give the money he stole back.

2. What was Eisenhower thinking of during his recovery?
(a) If the U.S. military could win in Germany.
(b) If he should run for president in 1956.
(c) If the Soviets knew about the U-2 flights.
(d) If he could beat the Russians with a pre-emptive strike.

3. What did Eisenhower come to the conclusion of concerning the H bomb?
(a) Oppenheimer sold secrets to the Russians.
(b) Oppenheimer stalled its development.
(c) Oppenheimer hid the results of the project.
(d) Oppenheimer did his best.

4. How much surplus did the U.S. have in 1960?
(a) 1 billion.
(b) 2 billion.
(c) 34 million.
(d) 750 million.

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

6. Where did Eisenhower move after leaving the White House, in Chapter 22?
(a) A house in Seattle.
(b) The family's Gettysburg farm.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) A resort in Florida.

7. What happened after Eisenhower requested American scientists have access to more test sites in Soviet Russia?
(a) Khrushchev accepted the request.
(b) Khrushchev stopped the conference.
(c) Poutin stopped the conference.
(d) Stalin threatened Eisenhower.

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

9. Who was next to Eisenhower at the end of his life?
(a) His wife, son and grandson.
(b) His son and grandson.
(c) President Nixon and his wife.
(d) His wife.

10. What did Eisenhower want to do after his first term was up?
(a) Run for President again.
(b) Retire.
(c) Have an ambassador position.
(d) Try to undermine Nixon.

11. How much of the Iranian oil did the U.S. secure after the involvement of the CIA?
(a) 95%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 50%.

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

13. Where did Eisenhower spend his last few days?
(a) In Normandy.
(b) At his home.
(c) At the hospital.
(d) At the White House.

14. What was settled at the end of the Summit?
(a) Everything.
(b) The prisoner of war problem.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The nuclear testing problem.

15. Who was at the head of Russia in 1958?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Putin.
(c) Khrushchev.
(d) Bregnev.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eisenhower feel about other possible presidential contenders?

2. What did Eisenhower think an armistice was, according to Chapter 13?

3. What was lost at the end of the senate hearing on Communism?

4. What did Eisenhower think of a nuclear exchange with the USSR?

5. What simple things did Eisenhower need to relearn?

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