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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. The 20th Congress is the first regularly scheduled Congress since when?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1938,
(c) 1940.
(d) 1939.

2. Who does Stalin support during WWII simply to appease the US?
(a) Acheson.
(b) Chiang Kai-shek.
(c) Mao.
(d) Truman.

3. Where does Khrushchev want to address the West Berlin issues with JFK?
(a) United States.
(b) Russia.
(c) G8 summitt.
(d) The UN General Assembly.

4. Discussed in Chapter 13, who does Khrushchev negotiate with to set up a provisional government?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Czechs.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The Poles.

5. What political issues is Troyanovsky the chief of?
(a) Culture and ideology.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Foregin policy.
(d) General Affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does every U-2 mission require?

2. What does Khrushchev take control of before defeating the "anti-party" group?

3. Whose views does Khrushchev denounce in Chapter 17?

4. On October 31, where does Khrushchev state they need to restore order in?

5. Where do Khrushchev and the Gang of Eight meet during Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Khrushchev and the government feeling after congress meets in 1956?

2. What is Khrushchev's response when a deputy foreign minister mentions the captured pilot?

3. What does Khrushchev want from the trip to Cuba?

4. How do Khrushchev's ideologies effect his takeover of foreign policy?

5. Why is the U.S. twice tarnished during summit meetings?

6. What occurs at the Soviet Defense Council meeting discussed in Chapter 19?

7. What is the agricultural harvest like in 1958?

8. What is Khrushchev's agenda in attending the UN General Assembly in 1960?

9. Why do foreign ministers meet in Geneva on May 11?

10. Why is the Central Committee's confirmation to divide the parties cause for bewilderment?

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