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

2. Who worked as the head of the Beijing Liaison Office?
(a) Howell.
(b) Murphy.
(c) Gates.
(d) Winslow.

3. Liu Shaoqi, who served in the number two spot the title of President from _____.
(a) 1956 to 1969.
(b) 1953 to 1965.
(c) 1951 to 1962.
(d) 1959 to 1967.

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

5. At that time ____ was considered to be out of fashion.
(a) Communism.
(b) War.
(c) Diplomacy.
(d) International trade.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1967 Nixon published an article in which publication?

3. When did Eisenhower make his first State of the Union address?

4. The move by the _____ Fleet was considered to be a major offensive.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused the Chinese to confront Communism?

2. In 1965, Mao began to show a change in attitude toward America. What does Kissinger say about Mao's new stance?

3. Kissinger says that Mao liked to speak in parables. What was Mao's message?

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

5. Why did Bismarck fail to capture the attention of the United States and China?

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

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

8. Kissinger discusses the death of two major Chinese leaders. Who were they? When did they die?

9. What does Kissinger say about the ideology of China and Russia at this time?

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

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