Question 1
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 as a farmer.
e. had supported Mao Zedong against Nikita Khrushchev.
Question 2
The Soviet Union's list of leaders of advanced age included all of the following EXCEPT
a. Khrushchev.
b. Brezhnev.
c. Chernenko.
d. Andropov.
e. Gorbachev.