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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take for Eisenhower to sign an armistice with the KPA?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 2 years.

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

3. How did Nixon respond to Eisenhower's request concerning the 1956 election?
(a) He tried to mount Kennedy against Eisenhower.
(b) He accepted.
(c) He stalled.
(d) He refused.

4. Who announced his intention not to run for President again?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Eisenhower.

5. What summit took place in July 1955, according to Chapter 16?
(a) The Paris Summit.
(b) The Geneva Summit.
(c) The Washington Summit.
(d) The Alger Summit.

6. Who did Eisenhower's investigation on Communist influence single out?
(a) Fermi.
(b) Bohm
(c) Teller.
(d) Oppenheimer.

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

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

9. What did Eisenhower think the U.S. had enough of?
(a) Rockets.
(b) Tanks.
(c) Atomic weapons.
(d) Airplanes.

10. What did Eisenhower try to set up to prevent an arms race between the U.S. and the Soviets?
(a) Open air skies to allow reconnaissance missions.
(b) Information on the whereabouts of Oppenheimer.
(c) An exchange of prisoners.
(d) Information on German war prisoners.

11. Who jumped in the Presidential race of 1969?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Ford.

12. What was the lasting effect of Eisenhower's medical problem?
(a) Not able to feel his hand.
(b) Numbness on one side.
(c) Reversal of syllables in long words.
(d) Difficulty walking.

13. How did Eisenhower see the signature of the armistice?
(a) As a personal shame.
(b) As one of his proudest achievements.
(c) As a reason to consider resignation.
(d) As a defeat.

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

15. Who did Eisenhower conflict with in the recent years, according to Chapter 14?
(a) Stalin.
(b) MacArthur.
(c) McCarthy.
(d) Khrushchev.

Short Answer Questions

1. What agency did Eisenhower decide to create?

2. What did Eisenhower think of the next President and the relationship with the Russians?

3. What did the U.S. think of Russia's motives for the conference?

4. Who was Eisenhower starting to investigate during the senate hearing?

5. Who was the senate hearing interviewing at the start of Chapter 14?

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