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

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

3. Who do the people blame for the food shortages in 1961?
(a) Evtushenko.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Tvardovsky.
(d) Khrushchev.

4. When is Khrushchev's plan to divide the party realized?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1962.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Khrushchev want to address the West Berlin issues with JFK?

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

3. How many citizens march for Stalin in his home of Georgia?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Central Committee condemn Zhukov?

2. What occurs at the Soviet Defense Council meeting discussed in Chapter 19?

3. Why does Khrushchev somewhat fear the bombing plans discussed in Chapter 13?

4. What evidence suggests Khrushchev's "Top Secret" speech was meant to be leaked?

5. Why is Khrushchev having nightmares about peace?

6. Discuss what happens to religion after 1961 under Khrushchev.

7. Why do foreign ministers meet in Geneva on May 11?

8. What is the purpose of camp literature?

9. What is Khrushchev's response when a deputy foreign minister mentions the captured pilot?

10. Why does the U.S. demand a period of relative quiet?

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