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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. Who does Khrushchev call a meeting with in July of 1958?
(a) India.
(b) The Big Four.
(c) China.
(d) The Big Four plus India.

2. Who makes charges of adventurism and capitulation against Khrushchev?
(a) United States.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Ukrine.
(d) France.

3. What does Khrushchev compare the 5 major international events to?
(a) A rat race.
(b) Children fighting.
(c) The end of civilization.
(d) Playing chess in the dark.

4. What is the goal of the Russians during Chapter 19?
(a) Defeat Castro.
(b) Protect Castro.
(c) Defeat United States.
(d) Protect United States.

5. Who is blamed for proposing the first nuclear strike?
(a) JFK.
(b) Khrushchev.
(c) Castro.
(d) Stalin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, who does the Gang of Eight recruit?

2. How long does Khrushchev attach Stalin's abuse of power?

3. Discussed in Chapter 13, who does Khrushchev negotiate with to set up a provisional government?

4. What does Khrushchev report positively on to the Presidium during Chapter 17?

5. What does every U-2 mission require?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Khrushchev discuss during the 22nd Congress?

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

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

5. Why is Khrushchev having nightmares about peace?

6. What is the agricultural harvest like in 1958?

7. What evidence suggests Khrushchev's "Top Secret" speech was meant to be leaked?

8. Why does the Central Committee condemn Zhukov?

9. Discuss what happens to religion after 1961 under Khrushchev.

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

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