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Stalin And The Bomb by David Holloway - Quiz
Contributed by: Drake
  • 1. What year did the Soviet Union successfully test its first atomic bomb?
A) 1949
B) 1952
C) 1945
D) 1955
  • 2. What ideology heavily influenced Stalin's decision to pursue nuclear weapons?
A) Fascism
B) Libertarianism
C) Social Darwinism
D) Marxism-Leninism
  • 3. Which country provided significant information to the Soviet atomic program via espionage?
A) United Kingdom
B) Germany
C) Japan
D) United States
  • 4. Which of these countries was not part of the early Cold War nuclear landscape?
A) United States
B) Soviet Union
C) China
D) United Kingdom
  • 5. How did the Soviet leadership view nuclear weapons in relation to conventional forces?
A) As a complete replacement for conventional forces
B) As a complement to conventional forces
C) As a distraction from military strategy
D) As a liability to be avoided
  • 6. What was the main impact of the Soviet development of the atomic bomb on US-Soviet relations?
A) Complete disarmament talks
B) Increased tension and rivalry
C) A global peace agreement
D) Improved cooperation
  • 7. Who was the head of the Soviet atomic bomb project in the late 1940s?
A) Lavrentiy Beria
B) Sergey Korolev
C) Dmitri Mendeleev
D) Andrei Sakharov
  • 8. What was the geopolitical reaction to the Soviet bomb from Western countries?
A) Political neutrality
B) Expansion of communism
C) Formation of military alliances
D) Isolationist policies
  • 9. Stalin's pursuit of nuclear weapons was justified by his desire for what?
A) National security
B) Social reforms
C) Cultural dominance
D) Economic stability
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