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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do planners of Operation Grandslam hope keeps the Soviets unprepared?
(a) Failing economy.
(b) False hope for peace.
(c) May Day.
(d) Poor intelligence.

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

4. On May 22, what country does Khrushchev claim the USSR will overtake?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) USA.

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

6. What does Khrushchev report positively on to the Presidium during Chapter 17?
(a) Political campaign.
(b) Peasant workers.
(c) International relations.
(d) Astrakhan harvest.

7. In Chapter 12, who does the Gang of Eight recruit?
(a) Molotov.
(b) Zhukov.
(c) Khrushchev.
(d) Malenkov.

8. What policy alienates the Chinese and creates false holes in the Soviet Union?
(a) America First.
(b) Geneva Convention.
(c) U.N Relations Policies.
(d) East-West Peace treaty.

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

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

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

12. When is Khrushchev's first press conference?
(a) November 27, 1958.
(b) October 1, 1958.
(c) September 14, 1958.
(d) November 10, 1958.

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

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

15. What happens to hundreds of protestors in 1957?
(a) They give up.
(b) Sent to prison camps.
(c) Sentenced to death.
(d) Succeed in overthrowing small governments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is blamed for proposing the first nuclear strike?

2. How long does Khrushchev attach Stalin's abuse of power?

3. In 1956, what does Cairo nationalize?

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

5. What are Kennedy's advisers called?

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