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