28. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 28: Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War

**Quiz for Document 28.5: Mikhail Gorbachev, Speech before the Central Committee (January 27, 1987)**

Quiz for Document 28.5: Mikhail Gorbachev, Speech before the Central Committee (January 27, 1987)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

1. Mikhail Gorbachev gave his speech in 1987 to do which of the following?

Demonstrate to Reagan and the West that the USSR was stable and not in need of change

Prove to the Central Committee and the Soviet people that communism was as strong as ever

Explain to the Central Committee that reforms could strengthen communism and the USSR

Prepare the Central Committee and the Soviet people for the USSR’s transition to capitalism

2. What, according to Mikhail Gorbachev, has socialism brought to the USSR?

Economic prosperity

Ethnic equality

Religious oppression

Economic ruin

3. In this speech, Mikhail Gorbachev emphasizes his belief that socialism is inherently linked with

democracy.

totalitarianism.

capitalism.

nationalism.

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