Question 1

Which one of the following was NOT true of modern totalitarian states?

Accepted Answer

A) They expected active loyalty from citizens. 
B) They used modern mass propaganda techniques. 
C) They aimed to control economic and political aspects of life. 
D) They largely ignored cultural aspects of life. 
E) They were led by a single leader and a single party. 
A) They expected active loyalty from citizens. 
B) They used modern mass propaganda techniques. 
C) They aimed to control economic and political aspects of life. 
D) They largely ignored cultural aspects of life. 
E) They were led by a single leader and a single party.

Question 2

James Joyce's famous novel featuring "stream-of-consciousness" was

Accepted Answer

A) Ulysses 
B) Steppenwolf. 
C) Mrs.Dalloway. 
D) Jacob's Room. 
E) Demian. 
A) Ulysses 
B) Steppenwolf. 
C) Mrs.Dalloway. 
D) Jacob's Room. 
E) Demian.

Question 3

All of the following are indications of Turkey's adoption of Western culture after World War I EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) the establishment of a democratic system of government. 
B) the introduction of popular education. 
C) the creation of a state-run industrial system. 
D) the use of the Latin alphabet. 
E) the mandate that all Turkish citizens embrace Christianity. 
A) the establishment of a democratic system of government. 
B) the introduction of popular education. 
C) the creation of a state-run industrial system. 
D) the use of the Latin alphabet. 
E) the mandate that all Turkish citizens embrace Christianity.

Question 4

The Decline of the West, which emphasized the decadence of Western civilization, was written by

Accepted Answer

A) Johan Huizinga. 
B) Oswald Spengler. 
C) Adolf Hitler. 
D) Benito Mussolini. 
E) Erich Maria Remarque. 
A) Johan Huizinga. 
B) Oswald Spengler. 
C) Adolf Hitler. 
D) Benito Mussolini. 
E) Erich Maria Remarque.

Question 5

The most famous of the Surrealistic painters was

Accepted Answer

A) Arnold Schonberg. 
B) Pablo Picasso. 
C) Walter Gropius. 
D) Jackson Pollack. 
E) Salvador Dali. 
A) Arnold Schonberg. 
B) Pablo Picasso. 
C) Walter Gropius. 
D) Jackson Pollack. 
E) Salvador Dali.

Question 6

Following Germany's failure to pay its war reparations, France occupied Germany's Ruhr valley, resulting in

Accepted Answer

A) a policy of passive resistance by the German government and German resort to printing money to pay war debts. 
B) an alliance concluded between Germany and Russia. 
C) the election of Raymond Poincaré's French government in 1924. 
D) an increase in the size of the German military. 
E) Germany's decision to leave the League of Nations. 
A) a policy of passive resistance by the German government and German resort to printing money to pay war debts. 
B) an alliance concluded between Germany and Russia. 
C) the election of Raymond Poincaré's French government in 1924. 
D) an increase in the size of the German military. 
E) Germany's decision to leave the League of Nations.

Question 7

All of the following are correct about the European nations and their colonial empires during the interwar years EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) despite World War I, the Europeans had maintained their colonial empires. 
B) Britain and France had added to their empires by dividing up many of Germany's colonial possessions. 
C) the political and social foundations and the self-confidence of European imperialism was strengthened during the 1920s and 1930s. 
D) the political and social foundations and the self-confidence of European imperialism was undermined during the 1920s and 1930s. 
E) there was a rising tide of unrest in the colonial world against Western imperialism. 
A) despite World War I, the Europeans had maintained their colonial empires. 
B) Britain and France had added to their empires by dividing up many of Germany's colonial possessions. 
C) the political and social foundations and the self-confidence of European imperialism was strengthened during the 1920s and 1930s. 
D) the political and social foundations and the self-confidence of European imperialism was undermined during the 1920s and 1930s. 
E) there was a rising tide of unrest in the colonial world against Western imperialism.

Question 8

The city in which Hitler spent his formative years and developed his fundamental ideas was

Accepted Answer

A) Berlin. 
B) Munich. 
C) Frankfort. 
D) Hamburg. 
E) Vienna. 
A) Berlin. 
B) Munich. 
C) Frankfort. 
D) Hamburg. 
E) Vienna.

Question 9

Functionalism refers to the belief that art had a social function and could help create a new civilization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

"Strength through Joy"

Accepted Answer

A) was one of the most effective Nazi propaganda films to be made by German actors, producers, and directors corrupted by Hitler's ideology. 
B) was Fascist Italy's most popular national recreation agency. 
C) monitored and homogenized the leisure time of the German workers. 
D) failed miserably in its attempts to draw German workers to vacation package tours. 
E) was Spain's Franco's attempt to emulate the popular propaganda movements of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. 
A) was one of the most effective Nazi propaganda films to be made by German actors, producers, and directors corrupted by Hitler's ideology. 
B) was Fascist Italy's most popular national recreation agency. 
C) monitored and homogenized the leisure time of the German workers. 
D) failed miserably in its attempts to draw German workers to vacation package tours. 
E) was Spain's Franco's attempt to emulate the popular propaganda movements of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

Question 11

Other than the Great War having ended, about what was there to be hopeful as the 1920s dawned?

Accepted Answer

As the 1920s dawned, there were several

Question 12

In Great Britain, the government brought the country out of the worst of the Great Depression by 1936 using the new and radical economic ideas of John Maynard Keynes, who advocated public works and deficit spending as the solution for unemployment and economic depression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What were Hitler's core ideas or assumptions? What were the methods used to implement them once he and the Nazis had established the Nazi state in Germany?

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler's core ideas and assumption

Question 14

What explains the collapse of Weimar Germany? What does the Weimar Republic's failure suggest about the fragility of democracy in western Europe after World War I?

Accepted Answer

The collapse of Weimar Germany can be at

Question 15

The only eastern European nation to maintain political democracy throughout the 1930s was

Accepted Answer

A) Bulgaria. 
B) Yugoslavia. 
C) Poland. 
D) Hungary. 
E) Czechoslovakia. 
A) Bulgaria. 
B) Yugoslavia. 
C) Poland. 
D) Hungary. 
E) Czechoslovakia.

Question 16

The author of Facing Mount Kenya, which argued that British rule was responsible for the destruction of the traditional culture of the peoples of black Africa, was

Accepted Answer

A) W.E.B.Du Bois. 
B) Marcus Garvey. 
C) Jomo Kenyatta. 
D) Haile Selassie I. 
E) Ladipo Solanke. 
A) W.E.B.Du Bois. 
B) Marcus Garvey. 
C) Jomo Kenyatta. 
D) Haile Selassie I. 
E) Ladipo Solanke.

Question 17

Women in Mussolini's Fascist Italy were

Accepted Answer

A) coerced into factory work to aid industrial production. 
B) regarded as equal to men in social status. 
C) largely forced through government legislation to become homemakers. 
D) aided by the government's emphasis on birth control. 
E) required under pain of imprisonment to join the Blackshirts. 
A) coerced into factory work to aid industrial production. 
B) regarded as equal to men in social status. 
C) largely forced through government legislation to become homemakers. 
D) aided by the government's emphasis on birth control. 
E) required under pain of imprisonment to join the Blackshirts.

Question 18

What are the chief characteristics of totalitarianism? Compare and contrast totalitarianism in Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, and Fascist Italy.Were all successful at fulfilling the goals of totalitarianism?

Accepted Answer

Totalitarianism is a political system in

Question 19

The growth of Mussolini's Fascist movement was aided by

Accepted Answer

A) the reaction against Italy's communist government, formed after World War I. 
B) popular, nationalistic resentment toward Italy's treatment following World War I. 
C) crop failures in 1920 and 1921. 
D) economic cooperation between Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union. 
E) the fall of the Italian monarchy and the establishment of a workers' dictatorship. 
A) the reaction against Italy's communist government, formed after World War I. 
B) popular, nationalistic resentment toward Italy's treatment following World War I. 
C) crop failures in 1920 and 1921. 
D) economic cooperation between Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union. 
E) the fall of the Italian monarchy and the establishment of a workers' dictatorship.

Question 20

Mussolini's Fascist dictatorship included all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) a secret police force. 
B) highly popular and well attended Fascists youth organizations. 
C) press laws that censored publications that challenged the state. 
D) the degree of totalitarian control found in Russia and Germany in the 1930s. 
E) control of the Italian parliament after 1924. 
A) a secret police force. 
B) highly popular and well attended Fascists youth organizations. 
C) press laws that censored publications that challenged the state. 
D) the degree of totalitarian control found in Russia and Germany in the 1930s. 
E) control of the Italian parliament after 1924.

Exam 26: The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars 1919-1939

Which one of the following was NOT true of modern totalitarian states?

James Joyce's famous novel featuring "stream-of-consciousness" was

All of the following are indications of Turkey's adoption of Western culture after World War I EXCEPT

The Decline of the West, which emphasized the decadence of Western civilization, was written by

The most famous of the Surrealistic painters was

Following Germany's failure to pay its war reparations, France occupied Germany's Ruhr valley, resulting in

All of the following are correct about the European nations and their colonial empires during the interwar years EXCEPT

The city in which Hitler spent his formative years and developed his fundamental ideas was

Functionalism refers to the belief that art had a social function and could help create a new civilization.

"Strength through Joy"

Other than the Great War having ended, about what was there to be hopeful as the 1920s dawned?

In Great Britain, the government brought the country out of the worst of the Great Depression by 1936 using the new and radical economic ideas of John Maynard Keynes, who advocated public works and deficit spending as the solution for unemployment and economic depression.

What were Hitler's core ideas or assumptions? What were the methods used to implement them once he and the Nazis had established the Nazi state in Germany?

What explains the collapse of Weimar Germany? What does the Weimar Republic's failure suggest about the fragility of democracy in western Europe after World War I?

The only eastern European nation to maintain political democracy throughout the 1930s was

The author of Facing Mount Kenya, which argued that British rule was responsible for the destruction of the traditional culture of the peoples of black Africa, was

Women in Mussolini's Fascist Italy were

What are the chief characteristics of totalitarianism? Compare and contrast totalitarianism in Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, and Fascist Italy.Were all successful at fulfilling the goals of totalitarianism?

The growth of Mussolini's Fascist movement was aided by

Mussolini's Fascist dictatorship included all of the following EXCEPT

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The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment

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A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

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