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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes over as Prime Minister after Khrushchev leaves office?
(a) Brezhnev.
(b) Mikoyan.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Kosygin.

2. What is Stalin's mental state following his strokes?
(a) Paranoid.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Clear.
(d) Happy and relaxed.

3. When does Lyonia die?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1945.

4. In Chapter 9, how do the Politburo colleagues perceive Malenkov?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Weak.
(d) A threat.

5. When is Khrushchev dispatched to the head of the Ukrainian Party?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must Khrushchev face when he returns to the Soviet Union in October of 1960?

2. What is significant about the chemistry students that Khrushchev begins to work with?

3. What position does Khrushchev hold at a Red Square funeral?

4. In 1953, where is Khrushchev in the Kremlin hierarchy?

5. When does Zhdanov die?

(see the answer key)

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