Question 1

Which statement about events in Poland from 1980 to 1991 is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mass public demonstrations caused significant changes in government policy. 
B)  Huge hikes in food prices helped to give rise to Solidarity. 
C)  By the end of 1990, the nation had freely elected a new president. 
D)  Soviet troops occupied the country in December 1990. 
E)  Solidarity's support burgeoned and, by late 1981, it was backed by almost one-third of the population. 
A)  Mass public demonstrations caused significant changes in government policy. 
B)  Huge hikes in food prices helped to give rise to Solidarity. 
C)  By the end of 1990, the nation had freely elected a new president. 
D)  Soviet troops occupied the country in December 1990. 
E)  Solidarity's support burgeoned and, by late 1981, it was backed by almost one-third of the population.

Question 2

In the 1990s

Accepted Answer

A)  the Chinese Communist Party has worked to conciliate the rural population by increasing the political democracy in urban areas. 
B)  rural conditions are more problematic, as most peasants have only superficially benefited from the post-Mao reforms, and corruption continues unchecked. 
C)  the Party is apparently experimenting with Confucianism and jingoistic nationalism to unite the society, and thus limiting individualism and economic expectations. 
D)  China's economy suffered a devastating depression. 
E)  China prohibited any further foreign investment. 
A)  the Chinese Communist Party has worked to conciliate the rural population by increasing the political democracy in urban areas. 
B)  rural conditions are more problematic, as most peasants have only superficially benefited from the post-Mao reforms, and corruption continues unchecked. 
C)  the Party is apparently experimenting with Confucianism and jingoistic nationalism to unite the society, and thus limiting individualism and economic expectations. 
D)  China's economy suffered a devastating depression. 
E)  China prohibited any further foreign investment.

Question 3

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Accepted Answer

A)  enabled Mao to regain control of the party after the disastrous Great Leap Forward. 
B)  attempted to use conservative party members to "cleanse" China of "impure socialist elements." 
C)  created an academically more demanding curriculum in schools that stressed cogent thought and scientific training. 
D)  fostered literacy in rural China. 
E)  was directed mainly against middle-class Soviet technicians working in China. 
A)  enabled Mao to regain control of the party after the disastrous Great Leap Forward. 
B)  attempted to use conservative party members to "cleanse" China of "impure socialist elements." 
C)  created an academically more demanding curriculum in schools that stressed cogent thought and scientific training. 
D)  fostered literacy in rural China. 
E)  was directed mainly against middle-class Soviet technicians working in China.

Question 4

Since the Communist Revolution, women in China have been

Accepted Answer

A)  allowed to initiate divorce proceedings against their husbands. 
B)  discouraged from becoming politically active. 
C)  guaranteed equal rights with men, including the right to vote. 
D)  denied access to birth control. 
E)  heavily fined for pursuing cosmetic surgery to look more "western." 
A)  allowed to initiate divorce proceedings against their husbands. 
B)  discouraged from becoming politically active. 
C)  guaranteed equal rights with men, including the right to vote. 
D)  denied access to birth control. 
E)  heavily fined for pursuing cosmetic surgery to look more "western."

Question 5

The concept of democracy was referred to in post-Mao China as the

Accepted Answer

A)  "Singapore Model." 
B)  "cult of Confucius." 
C)  "fifth modernization." 
D)  "crouching tiger." 
E)  "Great Leap Forward." 
A)  "Singapore Model." 
B)  "cult of Confucius." 
C)  "fifth modernization." 
D)  "crouching tiger." 
E)  "Great Leap Forward."

Question 6

The Soviet industrial growth rate declined to ___% in 1964.

Accepted Answer

A)  3 
B)  7.5 
C)  12 
D)  15.5 
E)  20 
A)  3 
B)  7.5 
C)  12 
D)  15.5 
E)  20

Question 7

As a result of the excesses of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution's Red Guard, all of the following occurred EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  the "Gang of Four" were arrested and put on trial. 
B)  the radicals lost power. 
C)  Deng Xiaoping attained preeminent authority. 
D)  Mao and all his deeds disappeared from Chinese history books. 
E)  the "Four Modernizations" were instituted. 
A)  the "Gang of Four" were arrested and put on trial. 
B)  the radicals lost power. 
C)  Deng Xiaoping attained preeminent authority. 
D)  Mao and all his deeds disappeared from Chinese history books. 
E)  the "Four Modernizations" were instituted.

Question 8

The number of Soviet citizens who lost their lives in World War II is estimated at

Accepted Answer

A)  two million. 
B)  five million. 
C)  ten million. 
D)  thirty million. 
E)  fifty million. 
A)  two million. 
B)  five million. 
C)  ten million. 
D)  thirty million. 
E)  fifty million.

Question 9

Boris Pasternak first published his Nobel Prize-winning novel in

Accepted Answer

A)  Russia. 
B)  England. 
C)  the United States. 
D)  France. 
E)  Italy. 
A)  Russia. 
B)  England. 
C)  the United States. 
D)  France. 
E)  Italy.

Question 10

Which statement about the events that occurred in the Soviet Union in December 1991 is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Boris Yeltsin was president of the Russian Republic. 
B)  The Congress of People's Deputies denied Yeltsin the temporary power to rule by decree. 
C)  One of the largest empires in history came to an end. 
D)  Gorbachev resigned and turned over his power as commander-in-chief to Yeltsin. 
E)  The Soviet Union was replaced by a commonwealth of independent states. 
A)  Boris Yeltsin was president of the Russian Republic. 
B)  The Congress of People's Deputies denied Yeltsin the temporary power to rule by decree. 
C)  One of the largest empires in history came to an end. 
D)  Gorbachev resigned and turned over his power as commander-in-chief to Yeltsin. 
E)  The Soviet Union was replaced by a commonwealth of independent states.

Question 11

Today, China's population has surpassed ____ billion people.

Accepted Answer

A)  6 
B)  4 
C)  3 
D)  2 
E)  1 
A)  6 
B)  4 
C)  3 
D)  2 
E)  1

Question 12

Mao Zedong's New Democracy

Accepted Answer

A)  was designed to expel the Turkic population from western China. 
B)  moved slowly, at first, in order not to alienate the peasants. 
C)  gave private land to five percent of peasant families, to increase collectivization. 
D)  was patterned on Stalin's "Open Society" plan. 
E)  was modeled upon that found in France during the "Terror." 
A)  was designed to expel the Turkic population from western China. 
B)  moved slowly, at first, in order not to alienate the peasants. 
C)  gave private land to five percent of peasant families, to increase collectivization. 
D)  was patterned on Stalin's "Open Society" plan. 
E)  was modeled upon that found in France during the "Terror."

Question 13

Major problems facing the Soviet system, in the view of Gorbachev, included

Accepted Answer

A)  low agricultural productivity, which he compared to that of high-achieving Canadian farmers. 
B)  the unexpected reappearance of collective patriotism among the ninety-two ethnic groups in the Soviet Union. 
C)  the demand of conservative members of the military and political elite to bring about changes they felt necessary to protect social stability and their statuses. 
D)  the United States threat to use nuclear weapons against Communist Cuba. 
E)  hyperinflation as the consequence of the Soviet Union's consumer boom. 
A)  low agricultural productivity, which he compared to that of high-achieving Canadian farmers. 
B)  the unexpected reappearance of collective patriotism among the ninety-two ethnic groups in the Soviet Union. 
C)  the demand of conservative members of the military and political elite to bring about changes they felt necessary to protect social stability and their statuses. 
D)  the United States threat to use nuclear weapons against Communist Cuba. 
E)  hyperinflation as the consequence of the Soviet Union's consumer boom.

Question 14

Stalin's economic policy after World War II was more successful in providing consumer goods than in promoting the growth of heavy industry.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

China's joined the World Trade Organization in

Accepted Answer

A)  1978. 
B)  1984. 
C)  1997. 
D)  2001. 
E)  2004. 
A)  1978. 
B)  1984. 
C)  1997. 
D)  2001. 
E)  2004.

Question 16

Soviet society during the Leonid Brezhnev years was marked by all of these characteristics EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  a more restrictive attitude towards dissidents. 
B)  an educational system focusing on rote memorization and political indoctrination. 
C)  the idea that being exposed to foreign ideas, including rock music, was harmful to the Soviet people. 
D)  a willingness to allow the media to occasionally release uncensored news reports 
E)  a ban on raising children to be left-handed. 
A)  a more restrictive attitude towards dissidents. 
B)  an educational system focusing on rote memorization and political indoctrination. 
C)  the idea that being exposed to foreign ideas, including rock music, was harmful to the Soviet people. 
D)  a willingness to allow the media to occasionally release uncensored news reports 
E)  a ban on raising children to be left-handed.

Question 17

In 2010, more cars were sold in China than in the U.S.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The text describes this woman's life in terms of love, marriage, school and wage gap.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ai Wei-wei 
B)  Mo Yan 
C)  Yu Hua 
D)  Ding Ling 
E)  Zhang Xinxin 
A)  Ai Wei-wei 
B)  Mo Yan 
C)  Yu Hua 
D)  Ding Ling 
E)  Zhang Xinxin

Question 19

A significant way in which China differed in implementing Communism from Russia was

Accepted Answer

A)  Mao made a transition from agriculture to heavy industry over a gradual 25-year period. 
B)  New Democracy realized that time and indoctrination were needed to convince people this was the best way. 
C)  China had a longer-term tradition of university education that could be carried to the masses. 
D)  rejecting the used of collectivized agriculture. 
E)  None of these. 
A)  Mao made a transition from agriculture to heavy industry over a gradual 25-year period. 
B)  New Democracy realized that time and indoctrination were needed to convince people this was the best way. 
C)  China had a longer-term tradition of university education that could be carried to the masses. 
D)  rejecting the used of collectivized agriculture. 
E)  None of these.

Question 20

The so-called "virgin lands" were located in Ukraine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 27: Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Which statement about events in Poland from 1980 to 1991 is FALSE?

In the 1990s

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Since the Communist Revolution, women in China have been

The concept of democracy was referred to in post-Mao China as the

The Soviet industrial growth rate declined to ___% in 1964.

As a result of the excesses of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution's Red Guard, all of the following occurred EXCEPT

The number of Soviet citizens who lost their lives in World War II is estimated at

Boris Pasternak first published his Nobel Prize-winning novel in

Which statement about the events that occurred in the Soviet Union in December 1991 is FALSE?

Today, China's population has surpassed ____ billion people.

Mao Zedong's New Democracy

Major problems facing the Soviet system, in the view of Gorbachev, included

Stalin's economic policy after World War II was more successful in providing consumer goods than in promoting the growth of heavy industry.

China's joined the World Trade Organization in

Soviet society during the Leonid Brezhnev years was marked by all of these characteristics EXCEPT:

In 2010, more cars were sold in China than in the U.S.

The text describes this woman's life in terms of love, marriage, school and wage gap.

A significant way in which China differed in implementing Communism from Russia was

The so-called "virgin lands" were located in Ukraine.

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