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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 reason does the government give for Khrushchev's leaving office?
(a) Health reasons.
(b) He was of retirement age.
(c) Treason.
(d) Voted out.

2. What does Khrushchev become head of in 1944?
(a) Ukrainian government.
(b) White Army.
(c) Soviet government.
(d) Red Army.

3. Who does Khrushchev marry in 1914?
(a) Nedezhda.
(b) Yefrosinia.
(c) Vera.
(d) Nina.

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

5. How does the party test Khrushchev's loyalty in 1930?
(a) Swears him into the party.
(b) Forces him to manipulate others.
(c) Makes him sign a letter to Pravda.
(d) Asks him to act as a spy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Khrushchev named lieutenant general?

2. When does Sergei die?

3. When does the biggest tank battle in history take place?

4. What does Khrushchev aim to improve with his career ambitions?

5. What is Stalin's mental state following his strokes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is going on in 1945, compared to what Khrushchev tells Stalin is going on?

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

3. What is the Bolsheviks' view on peasants?

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

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

6. Why does Khrushchev wear a mask when dealing with Beria?

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

8. Why does Khrushchev demand to be the lead person for agriculture upon becoming the party leader?

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

10. What does Khrushchev do as a chief political commissar?

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