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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Khrushchev compare the 5 major international events to?

2. What is Khrushchev's logic for getting nuclear weapons into Cuba?

3. Who makes charges of adventurism and capitulation against Khrushchev?

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

5. What policy alienates the Chinese and creates false holes in the Soviet Union?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the U.S. demand a period of relative quiet?

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

6. Why does the Central Committee condemn Zhukov?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Khrushchev and Malenkov relationships. Is this friendship genuine? Why or why not? Is the relationship politically motivated? Explain your answer.

Discuss why this would be significant in the time after the fall of the Old Guard.

Essay Topic 2

Chapter 1 begins at the end. What is the purpose of this literary method? What information is presented that may assist with understanding the rest of the book?

Essay Topic 3

After reading the entire book, reread Chapter 1. Discuss the purpose of starting at the end. What were the author's intentions? Is this an effective literary method? Do you think the book would have been as effective if a different method was used?

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