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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to hundreds of protestors in 1957?
(a) Sentenced to death.
(b) Sent to prison camps.
(c) Succeed in overthrowing small governments.
(d) They give up.

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

4. What does Khrushchev take control of before defeating the "anti-party" group?
(a) Appropriations.
(b) Government.
(c) Community relations.
(d) Foreign Policy.

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

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

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

8. How many citizens march for Stalin in his home of Georgia?
(a) 81,000.
(b) 70,0000.
(c) 60,000.
(d) 100,000.

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

10. The 20th Congress is the first regularly scheduled Congress since when?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1938,

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

12. In the beginning of Chapter 12, why does the Central Committee panic?
(a) Becasue of protestors.
(b) Because of a poor economy.
(c) The war continues.
(d) Because they fear Khrushchev.

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

14. What does the Presidium vote against in 1959?
(a) Military aid to the Ukraine.
(b) Increasing taxes to support war.
(c) Military aid to Cuba.
(d) The draft.

15. What do planners of Operation Grandslam hope keeps the Soviets unprepared?
(a) Poor intelligence.
(b) False hope for peace.
(c) May Day.
(d) Failing economy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What U.S. pilot is captured by the Soviets after parachuting out of his downed plane?

2. Who does Khrushchev restore from exile after Stalin's death?

3. What is Khrushchev obsessed with that he keeps silent about while at Camp David?

4. Who is the driving force behind the 1962 anti-Stalin campaign?

5. As discussed in Chapter 14, what is Khrushchev defenseless against?

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