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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political issues is Troyanovsky the chief of?
(a) Culture and ideology.
(b) General Affairs.
(c) Foregin policy.
(d) Agriculture.

2. 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.

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

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

5. Who does Stalin support during WWII simply to appease the US?
(a) Mao.
(b) Chiang Kai-shek.
(c) Acheson.
(d) Truman.

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

7. What type of existence does Khrushchev demand with the United States?
(a) Utilitarian.
(b) Soviet-like.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Truthful.

8. Who is blamed for proposing the first nuclear strike?
(a) Khrushchev.
(b) Castro.
(c) JFK.
(d) Stalin.

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

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

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

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

13. Who does Stalin betray in Chapter 11?
(a) The Chinese.
(b) Khrushchev.
(c) Lenin.
(d) The Kremlin.

14. What policy alienates the Chinese and creates false holes in the Soviet Union?
(a) East-West Peace treaty.
(b) Geneva Convention.
(c) U.N Relations Policies.
(d) America First.

15. What is Khrushchev demanded to do on June 20?
(a) Step down as party leader.
(b) Create an alliance with East Germany.
(c) Vote in favor of the Gang of Eight.
(d) End the War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Khrushchev's reaction to the vote by the Presidium in 1959?

2. What is the goal of the Russians during Chapter 19?

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

4. What do JFK's advisers suggest he avoid during a meeting with Khrushchev in Vienna?

5. Where do Khrushchev and the Gang of Eight meet during Chapter 12?

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