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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Khrushchev demand on November 10, 1958?
(a) The fall of Berlin.
(b) The freeing for the people in Berlin.
(c) Take over of Berlin.
(d) Status of Berlin be normalized.

2. Whose views does Khrushchev denounce in Chapter 17?
(a) Lenin.
(b) Mao.
(c) Stalin.
(d) JFK.

3. How many party leaders and citizens are involved in discussions for implementing Khrushchev's draft program?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 25.
(c) 2.5 million.
(d) 4.6 million.

4. What do JFK's advisers suggest he avoid during a meeting with Khrushchev in Vienna?
(a) Talk of West Berlin.
(b) Idealogical arguments.
(c) Talk of Cuba.
(d) Signing any treaties.

5. When is Khrushchev's draft program established?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1961.

6. What has declined in the Soviet Union since Stalin's death?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Economy.
(c) Political power.
(d) International relations.

7. Who does Khrushchev call a meeting with in July of 1958?
(a) The Big Four plus India.
(b) India.
(c) China.
(d) The Big Four.

8. In what year does the Red Army invade Poland?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1939.

9. What does Khrushchev look for from the United States in 1958?
(a) Invitation to visit.
(b) The President's approval of his plans.
(c) Approval for increased military support from the U.S.
(d) A peace treaty.

10. Who does Khrushchev restore from exile after Stalin's death?
(a) Molotov.
(b) Malenkov.
(c) Kaganovich.
(d) Zhukov.

11. Discussed in Chapter 13, what does Khrushchev feel that Germany, France, and Italy will do?
(a) Stop trade with Russia.
(b) Increase their military presence.
(c) Start a revolution.
(d) Create alliances with Poland.

12. What does Khrushchev compare the 5 major international events to?
(a) The end of civilization.
(b) Children fighting.
(c) Playing chess in the dark.
(d) A rat race.

13. In 1956, what does Cairo nationalize?
(a) Syria.
(b) Hungary.
(c) The Suez Canal.
(d) The Czech Republic.

14. Who is the driving force behind the 1962 anti-Stalin campaign?
(a) Conservatives.
(b) Khrushchev.
(c) Liberal intellectuals.
(d) Solzhenitsyn.

15. What is the ultimate result of Khrushchev raising prices on farm products?
(a) Increased farming revenue.
(b) Labor strikes.
(c) Increased wages for factory workers.
(d) Capital gains for the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Khrushchev's logic for getting nuclear weapons into Cuba?

2. Who makes charges of adventurism and capitulation against Khrushchev?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 14, who is indicated as the USSR's leading war hero?

4. What must Khrushchev face when he returns to the Soviet Union in October of 1960?

5. Who is blamed for proposing the first nuclear strike?

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