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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. Who worked as the Assistant Secretary of State for Eastern Affairs?
(a) Albright.
(b) Pelosi.
(c) Kissinger.
(d) Rusk.

2. Zhou had been stricken with which disease?
(a) Liver disease.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Multiple sclerosis.
(d) Heart disease.

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

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

5. In Indochina, the French colonial project left all but which country with contested borders?
(a) North Vietnam.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) Laos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zhou was a die-hard Mao loyalist for ___ years.

2. Where did the meeting between President Ford and Soviet Premier Brezhnev take place?

3. In what year did the Qing Dynasty end?

4. What animal is mentioned in conjunction with the Third Vietnam War?

5. What word is used to describe the agreement between President Ford and Soviet Premier Brezhnev?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mao combat his weakened position in the triumvirate?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was the relationship between China and Taiwan at this time?

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

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

10. What changed in Russia in the mid-1950s? What caused the change?

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