A) Desire for political and economic reform B) Independence from the Soviet Union C) Territorial disputes D) Religious persecution
A) October 23, 1956 B) October 1, 1956 C) September 1, 1956 D) November 4, 1956
A) Hungarian Socialist Party B) Independent Smallholders' Party C) Hungarian Working People's Party D) National Peasant Party
A) Release of political prisoners B) Increase in wages C) Withdrawal of Soviet troops D) Return of the monarchy
A) János Kádár B) Imre Nagy C) Géza Losonczy D) Mátyás Rákosi
A) Soviet Union B) United States C) China D) United Kingdom
A) Joseph Stalin B) Nikita Khrushchev C) Mikhail Gorbachev D) Leonid Brezhnev
A) Szeged B) Budapest C) Debrecen D) Pécs
A) Strikes and sit-ins only B) Armed conflict only C) Demonstrations D) Diplomatic negotiations
A) Hungary's withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact B) End of communist rule C) New constitution for Hungary D) Declaration of war against the USSR
A) Population boom B) Cultural expansion C) Increased emigration D) Economic growth
A) Ernő Gerő B) László Rajk C) Miklós Horthy D) Imre Nagy
A) A monarchy B) A socialist dictatorship C) Anarchy D) A democratic government
A) United Nations B) Warsaw Pact C) NATO D) League of Nations
A) Financial support B) Military intervention C) Diplomatic negotiations D) Complete withdrawal
A) 1957 B) 1955 C) 1958 D) 1956
A) Austria B) Czechoslovakia C) Poland D) Romania
A) Instant rewards B) Imprisonment or execution C) Exile without punishment D) Promotion in the government
A) Students B) Farmers C) Businessmen D) Soldiers
A) Foreign Minister B) Prime Minister C) General Secretary D) President
A) János Kádár B) Gyula Kállai C) László Rajk D) Miklós Horthy
A) 1960 B) 1962 C) 1958 D) 1956
A) Voice of America B) Deutsche Welle C) BBC News D) Radio Free Europe
A) Expanding territory B) Joining NATO C) National sovereignty D) Establishing socialism
A) Hungary only paid reparations to the USSR. B) Hungary had no financial obligations to these countries. C) Hungary paid war reparations totaling US$300 million. D) Hungary received financial aid from these countries.
A) Czechoslovakia, led by Antonín Novotný B) Poland, led by Władysław Gomułka C) Yugoslavia, led by Tito D) Romania, led by Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
A) Freedom Dance B) Torn from the Flag C) The Beast of Budapest D) Freedom's Fury—The 2005 documentary film
A) Liberal and accepting B) Moderately tolerant C) Most repressive within the Eastern Bloc D) Indifferent
A) Fascism B) Communism C) Social Democracy D) Capitalism
A) In 2006 on the fiftieth anniversary B) In the late 1960s C) In 1992 when Yeltsin apologized in person D) In 1989 during the inauguration of the Third Hungarian Republic
A) The Warsaw Pact B) The Polish Red Cross C) The Student Aid Committee for Hungarians D) The United Nations
A) After the 1945 election B) End of World War II C) 22 October 1956 D) 20 August 1949
A) He proclaimed the 'Hungarian Revolutionary Worker-Peasant Government'. B) He announced his resignation as a leader. C) He declared Hungary's independence from the Soviet Union. D) He called for immediate peace talks with the Soviets.
A) Alsing Andersen, a Danish politician. B) Herbert Wehner, a member of the West German Social-Democratic Party. C) Dag Hammarskjöld, the UN Secretary-General. D) Paul-Henri Spaak, NATO Secretary-General.
A) Freedom Dance B) The Unburied Man C) Torn from the Flag D) The Beast of Budapest
A) Increased Soviet control over Eastern Europe B) Hungary joining the Warsaw Pact C) USSR's concessions to Poland emboldening Hungarians D) Poland declaring neutrality
A) Lucy Liu B) Quentin Tarantino C) Mark Spitz D) Mariska Hargitay
A) 200,000 B) 100,000 C) 50,000 D) 500,000
A) Joining NATO B) Expelling Soviet troops immediately C) Adopting a neutral status on the Austrian pattern D) Forming an alliance with Poland
A) 44 tonnes B) 100 tonnes C) 5 tonnes D) 10 tonnes
A) Declared Hungary's entry into the Warsaw Pact B) Formed a new government with Mátyás Rákosi C) Ordered the execution of Soviet soldiers D) Disbanded the ÁVH
A) It prevented direct trade with Western countries. B) It increased Hungary's economic independence. C) It allowed Hungary to receive American financial aid through the Marshall Plan. D) It facilitated free trade agreements with non-communist nations.
A) Major General Lajos Gyurkó B) Imre Nagy C) János Kádár D) General Béla Király
A) Mikhail Gorbachev, represented the dismembered Soviet Union B) George W. Bush during his visit to Hungary C) Condoleezza Rice during a U.S. State Department commemoration D) Boris Yeltsin, represented Russia
A) 16 June 1989 B) 22 June 2006 C) 25 September 2023 D) 13 February 2006
A) 18 April 1955 B) 18 July 1956 C) 14 April 1956 D) 5 March 1953
A) Władysław Gomułka B) János Kádár C) Nikita Khrushchev D) Imre Nagy
A) 1989 B) 1968 C) 2006 D) The text does not specify the year.
A) Vyacheslav Molotov B) Nikita Khrushchev C) Mikhail Suslov D) Georgy Zhukov
A) Economic sanctions B) Salami slicing tactics C) Public protests D) Direct military intervention
A) 1975. B) 1968. C) 1989. D) 1963.
A) The Beast of Budapest B) Freedom Dance C) Torn from the Flag D) The Unburied Man
A) 15 days B) 20 days C) 10 days D) 30 days
A) Operation Storm B) Operation Whirlwind C) Operation Hammer D) Operation Thunderbolt
A) Life. B) The Economist. C) Newsweek. D) Time magazine.
A) ÁVH B) Social Democratic Party C) MEFESZ D) Hungarian Workers' Council
A) Their vehicles B) Their housing C) Their businesses D) Their land
A) Cardinal Mindszenty Plaza B) MacArthur Park C) Ilona Tóth's Plaza D) Hungarian Freedom Park
A) Steven Thomas Fischer B) Lucy Liu C) Peter Watkins D) Quentin Tarantino
A) Revolutionary militia B) Local soviets C) Hungarian Working People's Party D) State Protection Authority, acting as security police |