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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 are two main epidemics in the barracks in 1908?
(a) Drug abuse and crime.
(b) Alcoholism and crime.
(c) Disease and crime.
(d) Alcoholism and disease.

2. What is the goal of the academy discussed in Chapter 5?
(a) Teach liberal arts.
(b) Develop socialist executives.
(c) Educate young children.
(d) Serve as a military school.

3. In 1953, approximately how many people die in labor camps?
(a) 1 billion.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 2.5 million.
(d) 100,000.

4. When does Lyonia die?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1944.

5. When does the biggest tank battle in history take place?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1942.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During Chapter 7, where does Khrushchev's family flee to?

3. How much of the USSR's wealth does WWII claim?

4. Why does Khrushchev walk everywhere he goes?

5. What happens to Zhdanov and Voznesnsky in 1950?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can rivals underestimate Khrushchev?

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

3. What is Khrushchev's experience with the Red Guard by 1918-1919?

4. What benefit does Khrushchev receive from having Ivan Pisarev as a friend?

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

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

7. What is Khrushchev's mother like?

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

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

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

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