Exam 34: Total War,Totalitarianism,and the Arts

Which of the following WWI poets produced The Waste Land,which became the single most influential poem in early modern literature?

One of the last of the European powers to become industrialized,Russia entered World War I in 1914 under the leadership of

Which of the following writers immortalized the WWI Allied offensive in Italy in A Farewell to Arms?

Discuss the historical significance and consequences of World War II.

John Steinbeck's classic Depression-era novel of migrant farmers en route to California is called which of the following?

The French artist who,after four years at the front,adopted a "mechanical" aesthetic,visible in his painting Three Women.Robust and robotic,the near identical nudes (and their cat)share a common,austere geometry.

According to ________,in the first phase of communist society (generally called socialism),private property would be converted into property held in common,and the means of production and distribution would belong to the whole of society.

World War I (WWI)was the first ________ war in world history.

A full 80 percent of the casualties of WWI were from which of the following technological developments?

Discuss the historical significance and consequences of World War I.

Wounded in combat several times,which of the following writers brought first-hand experience of World War I to his book All Quiet on the Western Front?

The famous Depression-era photographer whose images of the downtrodden,such as Migrant Mother,remain icons of this period of history is named

The Central Powers alliance of the First World War did NOT include which of the following?

In his biting cartoons,________ mocked the German military and its corrupt and mindless bureaucracy in sketchy,brittle compositions filled with pungent caricatures.

Give specific examples of the impact of World Wars I and II on literature,the visual arts,and music.

The underlying cause of both world wars was

Describe totalitarianism as exercised in Nazi Germany,Russia,and China.

Which of the following artists portrayed gas-masked machine-like monsters in his collage,Two Ambitious Figures,by combining the images of equipment in a scientist's laboratory?

The Allied forces alliance of the First World War did NOT include which of the following?

Explain the impact of totalitarianism on literature,painting,photography,and music.