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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many chief assistants does Khrushchev have?
(a) 4.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 9.

3. Where does Khrushchev want to address the West Berlin issues with JFK?
(a) United States.
(b) The UN General Assembly.
(c) Russia.
(d) G8 summitt.

4. When is Khrushchev's first press conference?
(a) November 10, 1958.
(b) October 1, 1958.
(c) November 27, 1958.
(d) September 14, 1958.

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

6. Where do Khrushchev and the Gang of Eight meet during Chapter 12?
(a) Leningrad.
(b) Romania.
(c) Mosow.
(d) East Germany.

7. Discussed in Chapter 13, who does Khrushchev negotiate with to set up a provisional government?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The Czechs.
(d) The Poles.

8. What must Khrushchev face when he returns to the Soviet Union in October of 1960?
(a) Agricultural crisis.
(b) Fall of Stalin.
(c) Financial decline.
(d) Overturned government.

9. What does Khrushchev report positively on to the Presidium during Chapter 17?
(a) Political campaign.
(b) International relations.
(c) Astrakhan harvest.
(d) Peasant workers.

10. Who makes charges of adventurism and capitulation against Khrushchev?
(a) United States.
(b) Ukrine.
(c) Chinese.
(d) France.

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

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

13. Whose control should the capital of the German Democratic Republic be under?
(a) Ulbricht.
(b) Khrushchev.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Stalin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Khrushchev call a meeting with in July of 1958?

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

4. Who do the people blame for the food shortages in 1961?

5. What is Khrushchev's emphasis for party official?

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