Question 1

Who was the German leader who suppressed Hitler's 1923 Beer Hall Putsch?

Accepted Answer

A)  Josef Weimar 
B)  Gustav Stresemann 
C)  Walter Rattenau 
D)  Karl Denka 
E)  None of these 
A)  Josef Weimar 
B)  Gustav Stresemann 
C)  Walter Rattenau 
D)  Karl Denka 
E)  None of these

Question 2

The greatest casualty of the diplomatic meetings at Versailles turned out to be which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The independence of Poland 
B)  The principle of self determination 
C)  The terms of the Sykes-Picot Agreement 
D)  The creation of Palestine 
E)  German representation 
A)  The independence of Poland 
B)  The principle of self determination 
C)  The terms of the Sykes-Picot Agreement 
D)  The creation of Palestine 
E)  German representation

Question 3

After the war,women obtained the right to vote in all of the following areas except

Accepted Answer

A)  England. 
B)  Germany. 
C)  France. 
D)  Russia. 
E)  Norway. 
A)  England. 
B)  Germany. 
C)  France. 
D)  Russia. 
E)  Norway.

Question 4

How did family life change under the Bolshevik regime?

Accepted Answer

A)  There was freer access to divorce. 
B)  The family was promoted as the foundation of social stability. 
C)  Marriages shifted to civil services rather than religious services. 
D)  Child care institutions were created by the state for the benefit of working women. 
E)  All of these 
A)  There was freer access to divorce. 
B)  The family was promoted as the foundation of social stability. 
C)  Marriages shifted to civil services rather than religious services. 
D)  Child care institutions were created by the state for the benefit of working women. 
E)  All of these

Question 5

Which group led the opposition against the anti-Conservative party in Britain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whigs 
B)  Tories 
C)  Labour 
D)  British National Party 
E)  Plaid Cymru 
A)  Whigs 
B)  Tories 
C)  Labour 
D)  British National Party 
E)  Plaid Cymru

Question 6

According to the Bolsheviks,class enemies included all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  peasant farmers in collectives. 
B)  some teachers. 
C)  white-collar professionals. 
D)  the professional middle classes. 
E)  the aristocracy. 
A)  peasant farmers in collectives. 
B)  some teachers. 
C)  white-collar professionals. 
D)  the professional middle classes. 
E)  the aristocracy.

Question 7

Alexandra Kollontai's radicalism included her idea of eliminating the institution of marriage and traditional family structures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Art Deco was a movement that sought to do what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Portray the connection between the inner emotional realm and the outer social reality. 
B)  Promote minimalist design with recycled items. 
C)  Create everyday items that were affordable through mass production. 
D)  Develop a form of "highbrow" art that was appealing to the upper classes. 
E)  Infuse historical elements into artwork to create a connection to the past. 
A)  Portray the connection between the inner emotional realm and the outer social reality. 
B)  Promote minimalist design with recycled items. 
C)  Create everyday items that were affordable through mass production. 
D)  Develop a form of "highbrow" art that was appealing to the upper classes. 
E)  Infuse historical elements into artwork to create a connection to the past.

Question 9

Cabarets of the 1920s were transformed by infusion of American Jazz.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How did the visual arts change in response to the effects of the war?

Accepted Answer

Art was transformed in the postwar perio

Question 11

All of the following Russian artists embraced Bolshevism except

Accepted Answer

A)  Sergei Eistenstein. 
B)  Marc Chagall. 
C)  Vladimir Mayakovsky 
D)  Vladimir Khlebnikov 
E)  Mikhael Bulgakov. 
A)  Sergei Eistenstein. 
B)  Marc Chagall. 
C)  Vladimir Mayakovsky 
D)  Vladimir Khlebnikov 
E)  Mikhael Bulgakov.

Question 12

The most successful political parties in western Europe in the 1920s were

Accepted Answer

A)  conservative to moderate. 
B)  labor. 
C)  socialist. 
D)  communist. 
E)  liberal. 
A)  conservative to moderate. 
B)  labor. 
C)  socialist. 
D)  communist. 
E)  liberal.

Question 13

Which was the primary characteristic of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's plan for modernizing Turkey?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nationalism 
B)  Secularization 
C)  Industrialization 
D)  Universal suffrage 
E)  Suppression of Islam 
A)  Nationalism 
B)  Secularization 
C)  Industrialization 
D)  Universal suffrage 
E)  Suppression of Islam

Question 14

How did Mussolini's Fascist Party gain a following?

Accepted Answer

A)  By playing on public dissatisfaction with the parliament's inability to negotiate effective foreign policy. 
B)  By using extensive propaganda. 
C)  By appealing to the middle classes who had lost much. 
D)  By placing blame on the League of Nations. 
E)  By emulating Hitler's tactics in Germany. 
A)  By playing on public dissatisfaction with the parliament's inability to negotiate effective foreign policy. 
B)  By using extensive propaganda. 
C)  By appealing to the middle classes who had lost much. 
D)  By placing blame on the League of Nations. 
E)  By emulating Hitler's tactics in Germany.

Question 15

How did the return to peacetime affect women's places in the public sphere?

Accepted Answer

Despite measures of wartime necessity th

Question 16

Who led the Bolshevik Revolution in Hungary in 1919?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rosa Luxembourg 
B)  Leon Trotsky 
C)  Béla Kun 
D)  Janos Kadar 
E)  Imre Nagy 
A)  Rosa Luxembourg 
B)  Leon Trotsky 
C)  Béla Kun 
D)  Janos Kadar 
E)  Imre Nagy

Question 17

Mussolini's corporatist control over Italy extended to all of the following areas except

Accepted Answer

A)  the press. 
B)  the Catholic Church. 
C)  agricultural production. 
D)  nationalized industries. 
E)  parliament. 
A)  the press. 
B)  the Catholic Church. 
C)  agricultural production. 
D)  nationalized industries. 
E)  parliament.

Question 18

What problems arose with negotiating the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

There were several problems in negotiati

Question 19

Which artistic group believed that war was a means to cleanse all that was bad in society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Surrealists 
B)  Expressionists 
C)  Modernists 
D)  Futurists 
E)  Cubists 
A)  Surrealists 
B)  Expressionists 
C)  Modernists 
D)  Futurists 
E)  Cubists

Question 20

The first surrealist was

Accepted Answer

A)  Salvador Dali. 
B)  René Magritte. 
C)  André Breton. 
D)  Käthi Kollwitz. 
E)  Frieda Kahlo. 
A)  Salvador Dali. 
B)  René Magritte. 
C)  André Breton. 
D)  Käthi Kollwitz. 
E)  Frieda Kahlo.

Exam 26: A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments,1918-1929

Who was the German leader who suppressed Hitler's 1923 Beer Hall Putsch?

The greatest casualty of the diplomatic meetings at Versailles turned out to be which of the following?

After the war,women obtained the right to vote in all of the following areas except

How did family life change under the Bolshevik regime?

Which group led the opposition against the anti-Conservative party in Britain?

According to the Bolsheviks,class enemies included all of the following except

Alexandra Kollontai's radicalism included her idea of eliminating the institution of marriage and traditional family structures.

Art Deco was a movement that sought to do what?

Cabarets of the 1920s were transformed by infusion of American Jazz.

How did the visual arts change in response to the effects of the war?

All of the following Russian artists embraced Bolshevism except

The most successful political parties in western Europe in the 1920s were

Which was the primary characteristic of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's plan for modernizing Turkey?

How did Mussolini's Fascist Party gain a following?

How did the return to peacetime affect women's places in the public sphere?

Who led the Bolshevik Revolution in Hungary in 1919?

Mussolini's corporatist control over Italy extended to all of the following areas except

What problems arose with negotiating the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?

Which artistic group believed that war was a means to cleanse all that was bad in society?

The first surrealist was

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