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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many chief assistants does Khrushchev have?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 20.
(d) 4.

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

4. 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) Stop trade with Russia.
(d) Create alliances with Poland.

5. What is Khrushchev's reaction to the vote by the Presidium in 1959?
(a) Accepts it.
(b) Makes various addendums.
(c) He is not made aware of it until 1960.
(d) Reverses it.

6. By how much does Khrushchev rise retail prices on farm products in 1962?
(a) 1-3%.
(b) 25-35%.
(c) 10-15%.
(d) 50-55%.

7. What is Khrushchev's emphasis for party official?
(a) Professionalism.
(b) Education.
(c) Following his plan.
(d) Dictatorship.

8. Who is the driving force behind the 1962 anti-Stalin campaign?
(a) Conservatives.
(b) Solzhenitsyn.
(c) Khrushchev.
(d) Liberal intellectuals.

9. When is Khrushchev's draft program established?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1963.

10. What type of existence does Khrushchev demand with the United States?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Utilitarian.
(d) Soviet-like.

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

12. What does Khrushchev demand on November 10, 1958?
(a) The freeing for the people in Berlin.
(b) Status of Berlin be normalized.
(c) The fall of Berlin.
(d) Take over of Berlin.

13. How many party leaders and citizens are involved in discussions for implementing Khrushchev's draft program?
(a) 2.5 million.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 4.6 million.
(d) 25.

14. Whose views does Khrushchev denounce in Chapter 17?
(a) Lenin.
(b) JFK.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Mao.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Khrushchev demanded to do on June 20?

2. What does every U-2 mission require?

3. Who does Stalin support during WWII simply to appease the US?

4. What is Khrushchev's logic for getting nuclear weapons into Cuba?

5. What is the goal of the Russians during Chapter 19?

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