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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 demand in March of 1963 concerning the military?

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

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

4. Where does Khrushchev want to address the West Berlin issues with JFK?

5. When is Khrushchev's first press conference?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Khrushchev describe Mikoyan in 1957?

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

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

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

6. What is the agricultural harvest like in 1958?

7. What is the purpose of camp literature?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Why does the author break the book in the middle with a recap of the time spanning from 1917-1957? What is the purpose for this method? Is there any new information presented? Does this technique enhance the book?

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