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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occurs on March 4, 1953?
(a) Khrushchev falls in power.
(b) Stalin dies.
(c) The war ends.
(d) Khrushchev is assassinated.

2. Who does Khrushchev side with in 1923, putting himself in danger with the party?
(a) Trotsky.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Mikoyan.
(d) Brezhnev.

3. When is Khrushchev named lieutenant general?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1944.

4. At the academy, how many words of a foreign language are students supposed to learn?
(a) 800-1,000.
(b) 500-700.
(c) 200-300.
(d) 1,500-2,000.

5. What position does Khrushchev hold at a Red Square funeral?
(a) Pastor.
(b) Ex officio.
(c) Speaker.
(d) Driver.

6. What political positions does Khrushchev hold?
(a) Prime Minister and party leader.
(b) Party leader and Secretary of State.
(c) President and party leader.
(d) Secretary of State and Prime Minister.

7. What is the majority of education that Khrushchev receives?
(a) Life.
(b) University.
(c) From parents.
(d) Self-educated.

8. How does Khrushchev feel about his father taking him out of school?
(a) Confused.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Depressed.

9. In 1953, where is Khrushchev in the Kremlin hierarchy?
(a) Middle management.
(b) Last.
(c) Top.
(d) 2nd or 3rd.

10. What, concerning peasants, does Khrushchev reject?
(a) Marriage laws.
(b) Education.
(c) Peasant psychology.
(d) Work laws.

11. Where is Khrushchev born?
(a) Stalino.
(b) Yuzovka.
(c) Donetsk.
(d) Kalinovka.

12. What does Stalin think Voroshilov is during the 19th Congress in 1952?
(a) A loyal supporter.
(b) A Western spy.
(c) No longer useful.
(d) Worthy of a higher office.

13. Where does the biggest tank battle in history take place?
(a) Stalingrad.
(b) Kharkov.
(c) Kursk.
(d) Kiev.

14. What does Stalin demand the Russification of?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Kermilin.
(c) Ukraine.
(d) Germany.

15. When does Khrushchev know Stalin no longer trusts him?
(a) Stalin no longer speaks to him.
(b) Stalin has him arrested.
(c) Stalin calls him soft-bellied.
(d) Stalin demotes him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Khrushchev's wife die?

2. Why does Stalin force his company to drink excessively?

3. How long do students study at the academy, as discussed in Chapter 5?

4. What does Bolshevik demand political leaders to be?

5. How many hours per day does Khrushchev work as an apprentice?

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