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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. Where does Stalin spend his time after his strokes?
(a) Moscow.
(b) At home.
(c) Black Sea.
(d) Kiev.

2. When does the Civil War end?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1925.

3. When is Postyshev dropped from the Ukraine Central Committee?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1938.

4. Who takes over as Prime Minister after Khrushchev leaves office?
(a) Kosygin.
(b) Mikoyan.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Brezhnev.

5. What do Zhdanov and Voznesnsky form after the Old Guard falls?
(a) Leningrad faction.
(b) The New Faction.
(c) The New Party.
(d) The Red Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. After leading a battalion, Khrushchev is promoted to an instructor of what?

2. What relatives of Khrushchev serve together in the army?

3. What type of leader is Khrushchev described as?

4. Due to short food supplies, what does Khrushchev propose?

5. What position does Khrushchev hold at a Red Square funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author suggest that Khrushchev embraces revolution?

2. What is the condition of Yuzovka by 1921?

3. Why can rivals underestimate Khrushchev?

4. Why does Khrushchev prefer pseudo-science?

5. What occurs as the Old Guard falls?

6. What argument is made by Malenkov and Khrushchev concerning Beria?

7. What is Khrushchev hoping as a result of his voluntary retirement?

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

9. What problems follow Khrushchev to the academy?

10. Why should Khrushchev have listened to his children's warnings of conspiracy?

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