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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Kissinger meet Mao?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1972.

2. The move by the _____ Fleet was considered to be a major offensive.
(a) Third.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Ninth.
(d) Seventh.

3. What word is used to describe the agreement between President Ford and Soviet Premier Brezhnev?
(a) Worthless.
(b) Clumsy.
(c) Ill-planned.
(d) Confused.

4. What was the office filled by Zhou?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) Ambassador.
(c) Emperor.
(d) Prime Minister.

5. Who worked as the head of the Beijing Liaison Office?
(a) Murphy.
(b) Gates.
(c) Howell.
(d) Winslow.

6. What animal is mentioned in conjunction with the Third Vietnam War?
(a) Bear.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Monkey.

7. The developing world was part of the ___ World(s) theory.
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

8. In which year did this person speak out as a member of the administration?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1959.

9. Quemoy is approximately ___ miles from the major Chinese port city of Xiamen.
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

10. In 1967 Nixon published an article in which publication?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Wall Street Journal.
(c) Time.
(d) Foreign Affairs.

11. Vietnamese troops had infiltrated which location?
(a) Thailand.
(b) South Korea.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) Laos.

12. When did Eisenhower make his first State of the Union address?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1951.

13. Who worked as the Assistant Secretary of State for Eastern Affairs?
(a) Pelosi.
(b) Albright.
(c) Rusk.
(d) Kissinger.

14. China saw the _____ Line as a symbol of British plans to loosen China's control over Tibet.
(a) Mitchelson.
(b) Macartney.
(c) Milliken.
(d) McMahon.

15. Drew Middleton worked for which newspaper?
(a) Beijing Times.
(b) Washington Post.
(c) Moscow Daily.
(d) New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country was most threatening in 1973?

2. How many million people lived in Thailand at that time?

3. Which Russian premier made the visit?

4. Who is considered to be one of the most important diplomats of the 19th century?

5. The Chinese planned to accomplish this task in ___ years.

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