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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to release victims of the Doctors' Plot who had been imprisoned?
(a) Gorbachov's interference.
(b) Khrushchev's disapproval.
(c) World dignitaries demanded their release.
(d) Stalin's death.

2. Who did Stalin blame for the murders of Polish military officers in the 1940s?
(a) The Nazis.
(b) The French.
(c) The Czechs.
(d) The Poles.

3. What did Gorbachev study at Moscow State University?
(a) Theatre.
(b) History.
(c) Law.
(d) Science.

4. What textbook did Stalin supervise and have fifty million copies published?
(a) Determinist History.
(b) Short Course.
(c) Let History Judge.
(d) History of the Communist Party.

5. What statue was across the street from Remnick's apartment?
(a) Dolguriki's.
(b) Mayakovsky's.
(c) Dimitrov's.
(d) Lenin's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gorbachev use to spread his message?

2. Who at the Central Committee's ideology office was behind the March 13 letter in Sovetskaya Rossiya?

3. Who did Andropov want to succeed him when he died?

4. When did Gorbachev give a speech designed to manipulate the historical debate and to "spit on Stalin"?

5. How did Yeryomenko learn to speak excellent English?

(see the answer key)

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