Question 1

In 1984, Orwell sought to portray

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A)  a doctor fighting a plague outbreak in Algeria. 
B)  total control of the masses by the totalitarian regime. 
C)  a waiter in a German-occupied city. 
D)  refugees in the United States. 
E)  freedom from political control. 
A)  a doctor fighting a plague outbreak in Algeria. 
B)  total control of the masses by the totalitarian regime. 
C)  a waiter in a German-occupied city. 
D)  refugees in the United States. 
E)  freedom from political control.

Question 2

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-List some of the main elements of twentieth-century existential thought.

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Some of the main elements of twentieth-c

Question 3

Which one of these writers was least likely to defend Christian traditions and morals?

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A)  ​Reinhold Niebuhr 
B)  ​Karl Barth 
C)  ​Paul Tillich 
D)  ​Jacques Maritain 
E)  ​Jean Paul Sartre 
A)  ​Reinhold Niebuhr 
B)  ​Karl Barth 
C)  ​Paul Tillich 
D)  ​Jacques Maritain 
E)  ​Jean Paul Sartre

Question 4

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-What are the distinctive features of a totalitarian state?

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It seems there was an error in your mess

Question 5

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Leader State

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Leader: A leader is a person who guides,

Question 6

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Karl Jaspers

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Karl Jaspers was a German-Swiss psychiat

Question 7

All of these were examples of the rising anti-Jewish sentiment in Germany during the 1930s except​

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A)  ​thousands of Jewish doctor, lawyers, and musicians were barred from their profession. 
B)  ​religious schools downplayed the Jewish ancestry Jesus. 
C)  ​Kristallnacht saw the destruction of over 200 synagogues. 
D)  ​construction of death camps deep inside the German fatherland. 
E)  ​propaganda portrayed Jewish people as evil, alien, and parasitic. 
A)  ​thousands of Jewish doctor, lawyers, and musicians were barred from their profession. 
B)  ​religious schools downplayed the Jewish ancestry Jesus. 
C)  ​Kristallnacht saw the destruction of over 200 synagogues. 
D)  ​construction of death camps deep inside the German fatherland. 
E)  ​propaganda portrayed Jewish people as evil, alien, and parasitic.

Question 8

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Francisco Franco

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Francisco Franco was a Spanish general w

Question 9

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-How may one say that the experience of Nazism illustrates the dynamic power of myth? How did myth confer power on Hitler's movement?

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The experience of Nazism illustrates the

Question 10

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-George Orwell

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George Orwell was an English writer and

Question 11

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

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A)  Politically, totalitarianism began with the era of Caesar. 
B)  Totalitarianism is referred to as extreme democracy. 
C)  Totalitarian leaders are seen as infallible and invincible. 
D)  To the masses Totalitarianism envision a battle for cultural and social equality. 
E)  Totalitarian leaders emphasize the power of the individual. 
A)  Politically, totalitarianism began with the era of Caesar. 
B)  Totalitarianism is referred to as extreme democracy. 
C)  Totalitarian leaders are seen as infallible and invincible. 
D)  To the masses Totalitarianism envision a battle for cultural and social equality. 
E)  Totalitarian leaders emphasize the power of the individual.

Question 12

In Darkness at Noon, Arthur Koestler wrote ​about

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A)  ​the Old Bolsheviks who had been imprisoned and executed by Stalin.​ 
B)  ​the violent language Hitler used to describe Jews.​ 
C)  ​soldiers fears on the western front during WWI.​ 
D)  ​the growing pessimism in Europe after WWI.​ 
E)  ​increased likelihood of a second war because of Fascism.​ 
A)  ​the Old Bolsheviks who had been imprisoned and executed by Stalin.​ 
B)  ​the violent language Hitler used to describe Jews.​ 
C)  ​soldiers fears on the western front during WWI.​ 
D)  ​the growing pessimism in Europe after WWI.​ 
E)  ​increased likelihood of a second war because of Fascism.​

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT true?

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A)  A multiple party system paralyzed any reform in Italy. 
B)  Italian intellectuals fearing civil war broke with Mussolini. 
C)  The middle class feared that growing power of labor unions threatened them.​ 
D)  The results of World War One for Italy outraged Italians. 
E)  Mussolini was able to exploit the unrest in Italy and take power. 
A)  A multiple party system paralyzed any reform in Italy. 
B)  Italian intellectuals fearing civil war broke with Mussolini. 
C)  The middle class feared that growing power of labor unions threatened them.​ 
D)  The results of World War One for Italy outraged Italians. 
E)  Mussolini was able to exploit the unrest in Italy and take power.

Question 14

What was the attitude of Italian industrialists and major landowners toward fascism?

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A)  They viewed it as a major threat to social stability. 
B)  They claimed to support it but withheld financial support. 
C)  They tried to ignore it. 
D)  They provided it with important financial support. 
E)  They rejected it and organized to oppose it. 
A)  They viewed it as a major threat to social stability. 
B)  They claimed to support it but withheld financial support. 
C)  They tried to ignore it. 
D)  They provided it with important financial support. 
E)  They rejected it and organized to oppose it.

Question 15

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Leon Trotsky

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Leon Trotsky was a key figure in the Rus

Question 16

The Dada art movement was originally formed

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A)  to wrest control of the salons and galleries from the Impressionists. 
B)  to protest Nazi policies against Jews. 
C)  in revulsion against World War I. 
D)  in opposition to the legalization of birth control in France. 
E)  to protest the rise of Hitler to power. 
A)  to wrest control of the salons and galleries from the Impressionists. 
B)  to protest Nazi policies against Jews. 
C)  in revulsion against World War I. 
D)  in opposition to the legalization of birth control in France. 
E)  to protest the rise of Hitler to power.

Question 17

Under the New Economic Policy, the Bolsheviks

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A)  confiscated the last remaining small businesses and peasant farms in Russia. 
B)  gave up control of banks and the steel industry. 
C)  funneled government investment towards consumer industries. 
D)  allowed for the return to small-scale capitalism. 
E)  controlled all the crop harvests of the peasants. 
A)  confiscated the last remaining small businesses and peasant farms in Russia. 
B)  gave up control of banks and the steel industry. 
C)  funneled government investment towards consumer industries. 
D)  allowed for the return to small-scale capitalism. 
E)  controlled all the crop harvests of the peasants.

Question 18

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Mein Kampf

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Mein Kampf, which translates to "My Stru

Question 19

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Tristan Tzara

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Tristan Tzara was a Romanian and French

Question 20

The Communists, under the regime of Lenin, did each of the following except

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A)  consolidate power in the politburo. 
B)  establish a system of forced labor camps. 
C)  disband the Cheka. 
D)  initiate an atheistic policy. 
E)  change the calendar to the Gregorian system prevailing in the capitalist West. 
A)  consolidate power in the politburo. 
B)  establish a system of forced labor camps. 
C)  disband the Cheka. 
D)  initiate an atheistic policy. 
E)  change the calendar to the Gregorian system prevailing in the capitalist West.

Exam 19: An Era of Totalitarianism

In 1984, Orwell sought to portray

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -List some of the main elements of twentieth-century existential thought.

Which one of these writers was least likely to defend Christian traditions and morals?

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -What are the distinctive features of a totalitarian state?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Leader State

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Karl Jaspers

All of these were examples of the rising anti-Jewish sentiment in Germany during the 1930s except​

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Francisco Franco

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -How may one say that the experience of Nazism illustrates the dynamic power of myth? How did myth confer power on Hitler's movement?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -George Orwell

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

In Darkness at Noon, Arthur Koestler wrote ​about

Which of the following is NOT true?

What was the attitude of Italian industrialists and major landowners toward fascism?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Leon Trotsky

The Dada art movement was originally formed

Under the New Economic Policy, the Bolsheviks

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Mein Kampf

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Tristan Tzara

The Communists, under the regime of Lenin, did each of the following except

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greeks: From Myth to Reason

Rome: From City-State to World Empire

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Rise of Europe: Fusion of Classical, Christian, and Germanic Traditions

The Flowering and Dissolution of Medieval Civilization

Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation

Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution

Intellectual Transformation: the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

The Era of the French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Transformation of Society

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Surge of Liberalism and Nationalism: Revolution, Counterrevolution, and Unification

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism, Positivism, Darwinism, and Social Criticism

Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century: Modernization, Nationalism, Imperialism

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: the West in Despair

World War 2: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War 2: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

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All of these were examples of the rising anti-Jewish sentiment in Germany during the 1930s except

In Darkness at Noon, Arthur Koestler wrote about