Section 1: Multiple Choice Questions and True/False Question 3 (2 points) In the context of the Soviet Union during the Cold War, the "double shift" refers to: A. women in communist societies working at their jobs and then again in their homes as housewives and mothers. B. the building of the Berlin Wall and then the tearing down of the Wall. C. the necessity for factory workers to work longer hours to fulfill the quotas of the five-year plans. D. the power changes which took place in the Soviet Union after Stalin's death when Nikita Khrushchev replaced Georgy Malenkov. E. the People's Republic of China's replacing the Soviet Union as head of the world-wide communist movement.
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