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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 does Khrushchev take control of before defeating the "anti-party" group?
(a) Government.
(b) Foreign Policy.
(c) Community relations.
(d) Appropriations.

2. What is Khrushchev's logic for getting nuclear weapons into Cuba?
(a) Fear.
(b) Power.
(c) Support.
(d) Peace.

3. Whose views does Khrushchev denounce in Chapter 17?
(a) Lenin.
(b) Mao.
(c) Stalin.
(d) JFK.

4. Where do Khrushchev and the Gang of Eight meet during Chapter 12?
(a) Leningrad.
(b) East Germany.
(c) Romania.
(d) Mosow.

5. What happens to hundreds of protestors in 1957?
(a) Succeed in overthrowing small governments.
(b) They give up.
(c) Sentenced to death.
(d) Sent to prison camps.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Presidium vote against in 1959?

3. The 20th Congress is the first regularly scheduled Congress since when?

4. How does the U.S. respond to the U-2 incident that led to the capture of a U.S. pilot?

5. Who does Khrushchev send to Havana?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Central Committee condemn Zhukov?

2. Why does Khrushchev somewhat fear the bombing plans discussed in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Khrushchev having nightmares about peace?

10. What is the purpose of camp literature?

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