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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. Zhou's critics had argued that he was too ____.
(a) Old.
(b) Narrow-minded.
(c) Rigid.
(d) Loyal.

2. Zhou was a die-hard Mao loyalist for ___ years.
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

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

4. Which Russian premier made the visit?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Khrushchev.
(c) Gorbachev.
(d) Andropov.

5. In what year did the Qing Dynasty end?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1923.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which mountain range is on the western frontier of China?

2. In what year did the Russian premier visit Mao in China?

3. At that time ____ was considered to be out of fashion.

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

5. Which was not part of Mao's domestic agenda?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Kissinger say about his first meeting with Mao?

2. When did Deng return to China? What were his next steps?

3. How did China change in the first two decades after it became a Republic?

4. What were Deng's steps in the modernization of China? How did they compare to Mao's plans?

5. Zhou would not last long in the political arena. Why?

6. Mao had two main choices of leadership. What were they?

7. Mao was referred to as both a revolutionary and a pragmatist. How did Mao typically behave in a political sense?

8. Who stepped in after Zhou bowed out of the political race?

9. When did dialogue between the U.S. and China resume? What was the aim of the meeting?

10. Who is considered to be one of the greatest diplomats of the 19th century? What theory does Kissinger refer to when speaking about the man?

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