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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Khrushchev look for from the United States in 1958?
(a) The President's approval of his plans.
(b) Approval for increased military support from the U.S.
(c) A peace treaty.
(d) Invitation to visit.

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

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

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

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

6. Who is blamed for proposing the first nuclear strike?
(a) Khrushchev.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Castro.
(d) JFK.

7. What has declined in the Soviet Union since Stalin's death?
(a) Economy.
(b) Political power.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) International relations.

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

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

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

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

12. Discussed in Chapter 13, who does Khrushchev negotiate with to set up a provisional government?
(a) The Poles.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Czechs.

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

14. Who do the people blame for the food shortages in 1961?
(a) Evtushenko.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Khrushchev.
(d) Tvardovsky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On October 31, where does Khrushchev state they need to restore order in?

2. Who does Stalin betray in Chapter 11?

3. In 1956, what does Cairo nationalize?

4. Where do Khrushchev and the Gang of Eight meet during Chapter 12?

5. When is Khrushchev's plan to divide the party realized?

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