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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does starvation around the country lead to?
(a) Cannibalism.
(b) Rationing.
(c) Cooperation.
(d) Stealing.

2. What does Khrushchev consider Malenkov and Bulganin to be?
(a) Unloyal colleagues.
(b) Potential leaders.
(c) Enemies.
(d) His best friends.

3. What does the spetsgurppy refer to?
(a) The Politburo.
(b) Communist sympathizers
(c) Black operation units.
(d) The Red Army.

4. What happens to Lenin in 1922 that leaves him an invalid until his death?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Gunshot.
(c) Polio.
(d) A stroke.

5. Why is Sergei in a body cast?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Polio.
(c) Yellow Fever.
(d) Multiple broken bones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Lyonia court-martialed while recovering from battle wounds?

2. What year is Khrushchev put in charge of the Petrovo-Marinsky District?

3. Who is the Great Patriotic War against?

4. What type of educational program does Khrushchev enroll in?

5. What, concerning peasants, does Khrushchev reject?

Short Essay Questions

1. Unlike many of his colleagues, what does Khrushchev have a fascination about?

2. In terms of percentages of resources, what does WWII take from the USSR and Ukraine?

3. Why does politics divert Khrushchev's educational plans?

4. How does Khrushchev feel about Stalin?

5. Why does Khrushchev decline an invitation to serve as deputy head of the Soviet government?

6. What occurs as the Old Guard falls?

7. Describe what role Khrushchev holds as ex-officio and what actions he is able to take in this position.

8. What effect does Khrushchev's ability to tell stories have while trying to make connections?

9. What is Khrushchev's mother like?

10. What type of students attend the academy that Khrushchev was accepted into?

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