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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lu Hsing-chi said that the country was in a(n) ____ condition.
(a) Authoritarian.
(b) Precarious.
(c) Traumatic.
(d) Enfeebled.

2. China classified American as a capitalist-______ society.
(a) Imperialist.
(b) Communist.
(c) Socialist.
(d) Liberal.

3. Vietnamese troops had infiltrated which location?
(a) Laos.
(b) Cambodia.
(c) South Korea.
(d) Thailand.

4. What word is used to describe the agreement between President Ford and Soviet Premier Brezhnev?
(a) Ill-planned.
(b) Confused.
(c) Worthless.
(d) Clumsy.

5. This person went on to serve in which U.S. government position?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) Speaker of the House.
(c) Secretary of the Interior.
(d) Vice President.

6. In which year did this person speak out as a member of the administration?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1942.

7. What was Mao's title?
(a) President.
(b) Chairman.
(c) Emperor.
(d) Premier.

8. What item did China export to Russia?
(a) Corn.
(b) Wine.
(c) Grain.
(d) Rice.

9. Which was not address as being one of the four key sectors?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Industry.
(d) National defense.

10. Quemoy is approximately ___ miles from the major Chinese port city of Xiamen.
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

11. Beijing and ___ had opposing views of the Chinese identity.
(a) Taipei.
(b) Lin Sen.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Shanghai.

12. When did Eisenhower make his first State of the Union address?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1951.

13. It was said that China should strive for "comprehensive ________."
(a) Industrialization.
(b) Liberation.
(c) Modernization.
(d) Movement.

14. Which country was most threatening in 1973?
(a) U.S.
(b) China.
(c) Soviet Union.
(d) Japan.

15. Which mountain range is on the western frontier of China?
(a) Himalayas.
(b) Pyrenees.
(c) Andes.
(d) Ozarks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kissinger and Mao discussed the importance of Japan's feelings of ______.

2. Who worked as the Assistant Secretary of State for Eastern Affairs?

3. How many million people lived in Thailand at that time?

4. Kissinger reported to President Ford that Mao's attitude was "sort of ______."

5. Who is considered to be one of the most important diplomats of the 19th century?

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