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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. At what age does Khrushchev begin an apprenticeship with a fitter?
(a) 23 years.
(b) 17 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 20 years.

2. By Kremlin standards, how is Khrushchev regarded?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) A nice guy.
(c) Ineffective.
(d) Cruel.

3. After leading a battalion, Khrushchev is promoted to an instructor of what?
(a) Bolshevik Elite.
(b) Captain.
(c) Red Leader.
(d) Ninth Army Political Department.

4. What does starvation around the country lead to?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Cannibalism.
(c) Rationing.
(d) Cooperation.

5. When does Khrushchev join the Bolsheviks?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the biggest tank battle in history take place?

2. When does Lyonia die?

3. What is the majority of education that Khrushchev receives?

4. What does Khrushchev take full credit for in 1939?

5. Where does Stalin spend his time after his strokes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Khrushchev feel too inexperienced to head the Ukrainian Party?

2. What is the state of the Soviet Union in 1964?

3. What is Khrushchev hoping as a result of his voluntary retirement?

4. Why can rivals underestimate Khrushchev?

5. What type of students attend the academy that Khrushchev was accepted into?

6. What argument is made by Malenkov and Khrushchev concerning Beria?

7. What benefit does Khrushchev receive from having Ivan Pisarev as a friend?

8. Rather then vacationing during the summer of 1964, as was recommended, what does Khrushchev do instead?

9. How does Stalin feel about Khrushchev's reform plans?

10. Why does Khrushchev prefer pseudo-science?

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