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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does every U-2 mission require?
(a) Khrushchev's approval.
(b) Five soldiers.
(c) A practice run.
(d) Presidential authorization.

2. Whose control should the capital of the German Democratic Republic be under?
(a) Ulbricht.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Khrushchev.

3. In the beginning of Chapter 12, why does the Central Committee panic?
(a) Because of a poor economy.
(b) Becasue of protestors.
(c) Because they fear Khrushchev.
(d) The war continues.

4. On October 31, where does Khrushchev state they need to restore order in?
(a) Budapest.
(b) Romania.
(c) Moscow.
(d) East Germany.

5. Who does Khrushchev send to Havana?
(a) Solzhenitsyn.
(b) Mikoyan.
(c) Mao.
(d) Neizvestny.

6. The 20th Congress is the first regularly scheduled Congress since when?
(a) 1938,
(b) 1937.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1940.

7. What does the Presidium vote against in 1959?
(a) The draft.
(b) Military aid to Cuba.
(c) Military aid to the Ukraine.
(d) Increasing taxes to support war.

8. What is Khrushchev obsessed with that he keeps silent about while at Camp David?
(a) Cuba.
(b) U-2 flights.
(c) Nuclear energy.
(d) West Berlin.

9. What does Khrushchev compare the 5 major international events to?
(a) A rat race.
(b) The end of civilization.
(c) Children fighting.
(d) Playing chess in the dark.

10. How many citizens march for Stalin in his home of Georgia?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 60,000.
(c) 70,0000.
(d) 81,000.

11. How long does Khrushchev attach Stalin's abuse of power?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

12. In the beginning of Chapter 14, who is indicated as the USSR's leading war hero?
(a) Malenkov.
(b) Zhukov.
(c) Molotov.
(d) Khrushchev.

13. In 1956, what does Cairo nationalize?
(a) The Czech Republic.
(b) Syria.
(c) Hungary.
(d) The Suez Canal.

14. Who does Stalin betray in Chapter 11?
(a) Khrushchev.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) Lenin.
(d) The Kremlin.

15. Discussed in Chapter 13, what does Khrushchev feel that Germany, France, and Italy will do?
(a) Start a revolution.
(b) Increase their military presence.
(c) Create alliances with Poland.
(d) Stop trade with Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Khrushchev's emphasis for party official?

2. On May 22, what country does Khrushchev claim the USSR will overtake?

3. Where does Khrushchev want to address the West Berlin issues with JFK?

4. What happens to hundreds of protestors in 1957?

5. What type of existence does Khrushchev demand with the United States?

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