POLS 121 FINAL EXAM (2 VARSIONS)
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According to the Frontline (2022) documentary "What an
Unhinged Meeting Reveals..." what was unusual about the
seating arrangement at the Russian Security Council that was
held shortly before Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
A. Putin sat at an unusually long table
B. Putin arranged the attendees in a circle, so that everyone
was faced everyone else
C. The attendees had to get in line to present their intelligence
to Putin
D. Putin sat by himself, with is advisors sitting some 30 feet
away from him - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > d
In the movie "Thirteen Days," U.S. policy makers speculate the
following: if the U.S. invades Cuba, the likely reaction of the
Soviet Union would be to
A. attack U.S. territory directly
,B. attack U.S. missile sites in Turkey
C. attack the city of Berlin
D. agree to a diplomatic solution
E. confronting the U.S. publically in the UN Security Council -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c
In the movie "Thirteen Days," Bobby Kennedy discusses U.S.
policy options during a committee meeting and demands
,"there has got to be something else! Give it to me!"
Subsequently, Robert McNamara discusses which possible
course of action?
A. A quick, surgical airstrike to take out the missiles conducted
at night
B. The stationing of intermediate-range missiles in West Berlin
C. A blockade of Cuba
D. Low-level flights over Cuba
E. The cutting of telephone communication to and from Cuba -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c
According to the movie "Thirteen Days," President Kennedy
attempts to keep up his normal schedule in the early days of
the crisis
,True
False - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > true
As discussed in the Frontline (2019) documentary "Putin's
Revenge," what happened on New Years' Eve in 1999 in Russia?
A. Putin became Prime Minister
B. President Boris Yeltsin resigned
C. The KGB was officially dissolved
D. Terrorists attacked an apartment building in Moscow
E. None of the above - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b
In a TV address on October 22, 1962, Kennedy announced
which U.S. strategy?
A. Attacking Soviet ships headed to Cuba
B. A blockade of Cuba
C. Public diplomacy
D. Economic sanctions on Cuba - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b
As discussed in the Frontline (2019) documentary "Putin's
Revenge," what was former Russian president Boris Yeltsin's
final act?
, A. Yeltsin took steps to support a free media in Russia
B. Yeltsin turned the presidency over to Vladimir Putin
C. Yeltsin invited U.S. President Bill Clinton to the Kremlin
D. Yeltsin worked with Western leaders on a plan for a gas
pipeline to export Russian gas to Europe - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > b
According to John Mearsheimer, as argued in the Economist
(2022) article "Why the West ...," who is principally responsible
for the crisis?
A. The West
B. Ukraine's independence fighters in the Eastern region
C. Putin
D. Donald Trump
E. the Biden administration - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A
Robert McNamara said that former enemies in war rarely had a
chance to meet to discuss what happened years later. When
stating this, he was referring to which meeting?
A. a meeting between Stalin and former high-ranking Nazi
officers
B. a meeting between Bobby Kennedy and Khrushchev
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