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NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QU n n n n n
ESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED n n n n n
A | BRAND NEW!!! n n n
According to the Frontline (2022) documentary "What an Unhin
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ged Meeting Reveals..." what was unusual about the seating arra
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ngement at the Russian Security Council that was held shortly bef
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ore Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
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A. Putin sat at an unusually long table
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B. Putin arranged the attendees in a circle, so that everyone
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was faced everyone else
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C. The attendees had to get in line to present their intelligence t
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o Putin
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D. Putin sat by himself, with is advisors sitting some 30 feet a
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way from him - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > d
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In the movie "Thirteen Days," U.S. policy makers speculate the fol
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lowing: if the U.S. invades Cuba, the likely reaction of the Soviet
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Union would be to n n n
A. attack U.S. territory directlyn n n
,B. attack U.S. missile sites in Turkey
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C. attack the city of Berlin n n n n
D. agree to a diplomatic solutionn n n n
E. confronting the U.S. publically in the UN Security Council - n n n n n n n n n
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c
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In the movie "Thirteen Days," Bobby Kennedy discusses U.S. polic
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y options during a committee meeting and demands
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,"there has got to be something else! Give it to me!" Subsequentl
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y, Robert McNamara discusses which possible course of action?
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A. A quick, surgical airstrike to take out the missiles conducted a
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t night
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B. The stationing of intermediate-range missiles in West Berlin
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C. A blockade of Cuba
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D. Low-level flights over Cuba n n n
E. The cutting of telephone communication to and from Cuba -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c
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According to the movie "Thirteen Days," President Kennedy atte
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mpts to keep up his normal schedule in the early days of the crisis
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,True
False - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > true
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As discussed in the Frontline (2019) documentary "Putin's Revenge,
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" what happened on New Years' Eve in 1999 in Russia?
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A. Putin became Prime Minister n n n
B. President Boris Yeltsin resigned n n n
C. The KGB was officially dissolved
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D. Terrorists attacked an apartment building in Moscow
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E. None of the above - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b
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In a TV address on October 22, 1962, Kennedy announced which
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U.S. strategy?
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A. Attacking Soviet ships headed to Cuba n n n n n
B. A blockade of Cuba
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C. Public diplomacy n
D. Economic sanctions on Cuba - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b n n n n n n n n n
As discussed in the Frontline (2019) documentary "Putin's Reven
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ge," what was former Russian president Boris Yeltsin's final act?
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, A. Yeltsin took steps to support a free media in Russia
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B. Yeltsin turned the presidency over to Vladimir Putin
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C. Yeltsin invited U.S. President Bill Clinton to the Kremlin
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D. Yeltsin worked with Western leaders on a plan for a gas pi
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peline to export Russian gas to Europe -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b
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According to John Mearsheimer, as argued in the Economist (20
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22) article "Why the West ...," who is principally responsible for t
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he crisis?
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A. The West n
B. Ukraine's independence fighters in the Eastern region
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C. Putin
D. Donald Trump n
E. the Biden administration - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A
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Robert McNamara said that former enemies in war rarely had a chan
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ce to meet to discuss what happened years later. When stating this,
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he was referring to which meeting?
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A. a meeting between Stalin and former high-
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ranking Nazi officers n n
B. a meeting between Bobby Kennedy and Khrushchev
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NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QU n n n n n
ESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS GRADED n n n n n
A | BRAND NEW!!! n n n
According to the Frontline (2022) documentary "What an Unhin
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ged Meeting Reveals..." what was unusual about the seating arra
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ngement at the Russian Security Council that was held shortly bef
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ore Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
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A. Putin sat at an unusually long table
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B. Putin arranged the attendees in a circle, so that everyone
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was faced everyone else
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C. The attendees had to get in line to present their intelligence t
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o Putin
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D. Putin sat by himself, with is advisors sitting some 30 feet a
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way from him - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > d
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In the movie "Thirteen Days," U.S. policy makers speculate the fol
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lowing: if the U.S. invades Cuba, the likely reaction of the Soviet
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Union would be to n n n
A. attack U.S. territory directlyn n n
,B. attack U.S. missile sites in Turkey
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C. attack the city of Berlin n n n n
D. agree to a diplomatic solutionn n n n
E. confronting the U.S. publically in the UN Security Council - n n n n n n n n n
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c
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In the movie "Thirteen Days," Bobby Kennedy discusses U.S. polic
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y options during a committee meeting and demands
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,"there has got to be something else! Give it to me!" Subsequentl
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y, Robert McNamara discusses which possible course of action?
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A. A quick, surgical airstrike to take out the missiles conducted a
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t night
n
B. The stationing of intermediate-range missiles in West Berlin
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C. A blockade of Cuba
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D. Low-level flights over Cuba n n n
E. The cutting of telephone communication to and from Cuba -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c
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According to the movie "Thirteen Days," President Kennedy atte
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mpts to keep up his normal schedule in the early days of the crisis
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,True
False - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > true
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As discussed in the Frontline (2019) documentary "Putin's Revenge,
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" what happened on New Years' Eve in 1999 in Russia?
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A. Putin became Prime Minister n n n
B. President Boris Yeltsin resigned n n n
C. The KGB was officially dissolved
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D. Terrorists attacked an apartment building in Moscow
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E. None of the above - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b
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In a TV address on October 22, 1962, Kennedy announced which
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U.S. strategy?
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A. Attacking Soviet ships headed to Cuba n n n n n
B. A blockade of Cuba
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C. Public diplomacy n
D. Economic sanctions on Cuba - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b n n n n n n n n n
As discussed in the Frontline (2019) documentary "Putin's Reven
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ge," what was former Russian president Boris Yeltsin's final act?
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, A. Yeltsin took steps to support a free media in Russia
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B. Yeltsin turned the presidency over to Vladimir Putin
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C. Yeltsin invited U.S. President Bill Clinton to the Kremlin
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D. Yeltsin worked with Western leaders on a plan for a gas pi
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peline to export Russian gas to Europe -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b
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According to John Mearsheimer, as argued in the Economist (20
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22) article "Why the West ...," who is principally responsible for t
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he crisis?
n
A. The West n
B. Ukraine's independence fighters in the Eastern region
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C. Putin
D. Donald Trump n
E. the Biden administration - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A
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Robert McNamara said that former enemies in war rarely had a chan
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ce to meet to discuss what happened years later. When stating this,
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he was referring to which meeting?
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A. a meeting between Stalin and former high-
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ranking Nazi officers n n
B. a meeting between Bobby Kennedy and Khrushchev
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