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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year does the 20th Congress reconvene?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1956.

3. What is the goal of the Russians during Chapter 19?
(a) Protect United States.
(b) Defeat Castro.
(c) Protect Castro.
(d) Defeat United States.

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

5. What does Khrushchev demand in March of 1963 concerning the military?
(a) Increase size.
(b) Unite with Cuba.
(c) Cut in size.
(d) Train on nuclear weapons.

6. Where does Khrushchev want to address the West Berlin issues with JFK?
(a) The UN General Assembly.
(b) United States.
(c) G8 summitt.
(d) Russia.

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

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

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

10. In what year does the Red Army invade Poland?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1937.

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

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

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

14. What are Kennedy's advisers called?
(a) The Kennedy team.
(b) ExComm.
(c) POTUSADV.
(d) Presidential team.

15. What is the ultimate result of Khrushchev raising prices on farm products?
(a) Increased farming revenue.
(b) Labor strikes.
(c) Capital gains for the government.
(d) Increased wages for factory workers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Stalin betray in Chapter 11?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 14, who is indicated as the USSR's leading war hero?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 12, why does the Central Committee panic?

5. How many party leaders and citizens are involved in discussions for implementing Khrushchev's draft program?

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