A factor that was not an element of Mikhail Gorbachev's policies ...

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A factor that was not an element of Mikhail Gorbachev's policies was that
 
  a. he wanted to establish an entirely free-market capitalist economy.
  b. rigid, centralized planning had to be abandoned.
  c. high technology development was insufficient.
  d. Soviet living standards were considered much too low.
  e. there was a need to restructure the economic system.

Question 2

Mikhail Gorbachev
 
  a. was the well-placed son of the head of the state oil-refining corporation.
  b. was picked for political leadership because of his record as a KGB data interpreter.
  c. had moved up rapidly since his appointment to the Party Central Committee in 1978.
  d. had spent many years in the gulag.
  e. had supported Mao Zedong against Nikita Khrushchev.

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

c

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