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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) Kiev.
(b) At home.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Black Sea.

2. By Kremlin standards, how is Khrushchev regarded?
(a) Ineffective.
(b) A nice guy.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Sympathetic.

3. What relatives of Khrushchev serve together in the army?
(a) Father and brother.
(b) Uncles.
(c) Grandfathers.
(d) Brothers.

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

5. Who does Khrushchev consider a self-aggrandizing, anti-Darwinist scientist?
(a) Korneichuk.
(b) Lysenko.
(c) Dovzhenko.
(d) Bazhan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Stalin force his company to drink excessively?

2. In 1953, where is Khrushchev in the Kremlin hierarchy?

3. How does the party test Khrushchev's loyalty in 1930?

4. What is the population of the town Khrushchev lives in in 1908?

5. At what age does Khrushchev begin an apprenticeship with a fitter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Khrushchev begin to defend the people against his own government?

2. In 1943, what is Khrushchev's recommendation to Stalin?

3. What occurs as the Old Guard falls?

4. Rather then vacationing during the summer of 1964, as was recommended, what does Khrushchev do instead?

5. What is the condition of Yuzovka by 1921?

6. How does Stalin feel about Khrushchev's reform plans?

7. Why does Khrushchev feel too inexperienced to head the Ukrainian Party?

8. Why does Khrushchev have Dovzhenko rehabilitated?

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

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

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