Stalin And The Bomb by David Holloway

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) Libertarianism
B) Marxism-Leninism
C) Social Darwinism
D) Fascism

3. Which country provided significant information to the Soviet atomic program via espionage?

A) United Kingdom
B) Japan
C) United States
D) Germany

4. Who was the head of the Soviet atomic bomb project in the late 1940s?

A) Sergey Korolev
B) Lavrentiy Beria
C) Andrei Sakharov
D) Dmitri Mendeleev

5. How did the Soviet leadership view nuclear weapons in relation to conventional forces?

A) As a liability to be avoided
B) As a complement to conventional forces
C) As a distraction from military strategy
D) As a complete replacement for conventional forces

6. What was the main impact of the Soviet development of the atomic bomb on US-Soviet relations?

A) Improved cooperation
B) A global peace agreement
C) Complete disarmament talks
D) Increased tension and rivalry

7. What was the geopolitical reaction to the Soviet bomb from Western countries?

A) Isolationist policies
B) Formation of military alliances
C) Political neutrality
D) Expansion of communism

8. Which of these countries was not part of the early Cold War nuclear landscape?

A) United States
B) United Kingdom
C) Soviet Union
D) China

9. Stalin's pursuit of nuclear weapons was justified by his desire for what?

A) Cultural dominance
B) Economic stability
C) National security
D) Social reforms

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