Chapter 16 Self-test questions

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. Who was the author of 'The Road to Serfdom' which, with its critique of state intervention, was an influence on Ronald Reagan's economic policies?

Friedrich Hayek correct incorrect

Milton Friedman correct incorrect

Paul Kennedy correct incorrect

Leo Strauss correct incorrect

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. Who succeeded Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union in 1982?

Mikhail Gorbachev correct incorrect

Andrei Gromyko correct incorrect

Konstantin Chernenko correct incorrect

Yuri Andropov correct incorrect

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. What major event happened in Poland on 13 December 1981?

Official recognition of the Solidarity union correct incorrect

Declaration of martial law correct incorrect

Launch of a strike in the Gdansk shipyard correct incorrect

First papal visit by John Paul II correct incorrect

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. What did President Reagan propose in his speech at Eureka College in May 1982?

Strategic Arms Reduction Talks correct incorrect

Strategic Defense Initiative correct incorrect

Star Wars programme correct incorrect

The 'zero option' correct incorrect

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. Of which country was Zia ul-Haq the leader in the early 1980s, giving support to the Mujaheddin in Afghanistan?

Egypt correct incorrect

Pakistan correct incorrect

Iran correct incorrect

Iraq correct incorrect