Question 1

At the end of the war in Europe,Adolf Hitler:

Accepted Answer

A)  committed suicide in his underground bunker in Berlin. 
B)  was captured with his mistress by Soviet soldiers who shot them and hung their bodies in a public square in Stalingrad. 
C)  managed to escape to Switzerland with his mistress and lived there in relative peace until his death in 1958. 
D)  was captured and placed on trial for war crimes at Nuremberg with rest of the Nazi leadership and executed with them in 1946. 
E)  had been killed early in the war during an Allied bombing raid on Berlin in 1942. 
A)  committed suicide in his underground bunker in Berlin. 
B)  was captured with his mistress by Soviet soldiers who shot them and hung their bodies in a public square in Stalingrad. 
C)  managed to escape to Switzerland with his mistress and lived there in relative peace until his death in 1958. 
D)  was captured and placed on trial for war crimes at Nuremberg with rest of the Nazi leadership and executed with them in 1946. 
E)  had been killed early in the war during an Allied bombing raid on Berlin in 1942.

Question 2

How did Neville Chamberlain presume that the Munich agreement would satisfy Hitler's ambitions?

Accepted Answer

A)  by securing an informal agreement with Mussolini to resist Soviet expansion, which he hoped would moderate Hitler's stance 
B)  by demonstrating that the Western democracies were prepared to go to war to prevent further German aggression 
C)  by constructing a new system of financial and industrial agreements with Germany to produce economic recovery without rearmament 
D)  by allowing Hitler to unify all ethnic Germans in one state 
E)  by allying all of western Europe against the Soviet Union 
A)  by securing an informal agreement with Mussolini to resist Soviet expansion, which he hoped would moderate Hitler's stance 
B)  by demonstrating that the Western democracies were prepared to go to war to prevent further German aggression 
C)  by constructing a new system of financial and industrial agreements with Germany to produce economic recovery without rearmament 
D)  by allowing Hitler to unify all ethnic Germans in one state 
E)  by allying all of western Europe against the Soviet Union

Question 3

How did the war affect women?

Accepted Answer

The Second World War was total war,deman

Question 4

The first troops to enter and occupy Berlin at the end of the war were:

Accepted Answer

A)  Soviet. 
B)  British. 
C)  French. 
D)  American. 
E)  Belgian. 
A)  Soviet. 
B)  British. 
C)  French. 
D)  American. 
E)  Belgian.

Question 5

When the war in the West finally did begin in 1940,the Germans nearly destroyed the combined British and French armies,but a great number of the British and French soldiers escaped in a massive evacuation from:

Accepted Answer

A)  Normandy. 
B)  Dunkirk. 
C)  Amsterdam. 
D)  Calais. 
E)  Dieppe. 
A)  Normandy. 
B)  Dunkirk. 
C)  Amsterdam. 
D)  Calais. 
E)  Dieppe.

Question 6

The German forces in Europe began to retreat toward Germany in the summer of 1944,but in December 1944 they launched a counterattack,known as the battle of _________,which very nearly broke through Allied lines.

Accepted Answer

A)  Waterloo 
B)  the Bulge 
C)  Stalingrad 
D)  the Meuse-Argonne 
E)  the Somme 
A)  Waterloo 
B)  the Bulge 
C)  Stalingrad 
D)  the Meuse-Argonne 
E)  the Somme

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Second World War's expansion from a European war to a genuinely global conflict?

Accepted Answer

A)  the eruption of conflict between Axis and Allied forces in French and German colonies in Africa 
B)  Germany's submarine campaign to starve out Great Britain 
C)  Japan's surprise attack on the Allies in the Pacific and its stunning early success 
D)  the fighting in North Africa, which threatened the Suez Canal and Allied access to Middle Eastern oil 
E)  the establishment of an alliance between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan 
A)  the eruption of conflict between Axis and Allied forces in French and German colonies in Africa 
B)  Germany's submarine campaign to starve out Great Britain 
C)  Japan's surprise attack on the Allies in the Pacific and its stunning early success 
D)  the fighting in North Africa, which threatened the Suez Canal and Allied access to Middle Eastern oil 
E)  the establishment of an alliance between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan

Question 8

The Second World War began with the German invasion of Poland on:

Accepted Answer

A)  December 7, 1941. 
B)  September 29, 1938. 
C)  September 1, 1939. 
D)  June 6, 1944. 
E)  July 14, 1940. 
A)  December 7, 1941. 
B)  September 29, 1938. 
C)  September 1, 1939. 
D)  June 6, 1944. 
E)  July 14, 1940.

Question 9

While the League of Nations was created as a means to eliminate power struggles,it did nothing of the sort.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How was the policy of appeasement to blame for many of Hitler's early successes?

Accepted Answer

Hitler took advantage of the West's poli

Question 11

The decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan was taken by President Harry S Truman:

Accepted Answer

A)  against the advice of his senior military advisers, who believed that an invasion of the Japanese home islands would be a more secure way of ending the war. 
B)  with the full support of his military advisers, scientific advisers, and congressional leaders. 
C)  for purely political reasons: he knew the Japanese were defeated, and he simply wanted to make a point of U.S. power. 
D)  against the advice of the Allies, who believed that the Japanese could be forced to surrender by imposing a blockade around the home islands. 
E)  against the advice of the scientists, who built the bomb and believed that it ought not to be used without prior warning and a demonstration. 
A)  against the advice of his senior military advisers, who believed that an invasion of the Japanese home islands would be a more secure way of ending the war. 
B)  with the full support of his military advisers, scientific advisers, and congressional leaders. 
C)  for purely political reasons: he knew the Japanese were defeated, and he simply wanted to make a point of U.S. power. 
D)  against the advice of the Allies, who believed that the Japanese could be forced to surrender by imposing a blockade around the home islands. 
E)  against the advice of the scientists, who built the bomb and believed that it ought not to be used without prior warning and a demonstration.

Question 12

What description best characterizes the Vichy government's treatment of France's Jewish population?

Accepted Answer

A)  passive resistance to German efforts at criminalization and deportation 
B)  active resistance to deportation but enforcement of anti-Semitic laws 
C)  a conflict of interest between the revival of French patriotism and anti-Semitic laments in the regime 
D)  selective enforcement of racial laws based on political affiliation 
E)  selective support of deportation and the passage of sweeping anti-Semitic legislation 
A)  passive resistance to German efforts at criminalization and deportation 
B)  active resistance to deportation but enforcement of anti-Semitic laws 
C)  a conflict of interest between the revival of French patriotism and anti-Semitic laments in the regime 
D)  selective enforcement of racial laws based on political affiliation 
E)  selective support of deportation and the passage of sweeping anti-Semitic legislation

Question 13

Although German scientists were the first to create a nuclear chain reaction,the first nuclear reactor,which was needed to build an atomic bomb,was constructed at:

Accepted Answer

A)  the University of Chicago. 
B)  the University of Moscow. 
C)  the London Polytechnic Institute. 
D)  the Max Planck Institute. 
E)  the Sorbonne. 
A)  the University of Chicago. 
B)  the University of Moscow. 
C)  the London Polytechnic Institute. 
D)  the Max Planck Institute. 
E)  the Sorbonne.

Question 14

The mandate territories were created after World War I:

Accepted Answer

A)  to act as a buffer between Germany and France. 
B)  to allow the people of eastern Europe to achieve self-determination. 
C)  to add to both the French and the British empires. 
D)  to provide a homeland for the Jewish people in accordance with the Balfour Declaration. 
E)  to serve as a buffer zone between Germany and Poland. 
A)  to act as a buffer between Germany and France. 
B)  to allow the people of eastern Europe to achieve self-determination. 
C)  to add to both the French and the British empires. 
D)  to provide a homeland for the Jewish people in accordance with the Balfour Declaration. 
E)  to serve as a buffer zone between Germany and Poland.

Question 15

Industrially,the Allies had several advantages over the Axis powers,not the least of which was:

Accepted Answer

A)  a superior work force, which was able to maintain production utilizing eight-hour days throughout the war. 
B)  not pursuing perfection, but developing working, standard designs and producing them in overwhelming numbers. 
C)  the altruism shown by industrialists who forswore all profits for the duration of the war. 
D)  the use of all segments of the population in war work; schools were canceled so that children could work in factories. 
E)  more modern equipment and factories, since the Germans and Japanese had not been able to rebuild their industry after World War I. 
A)  a superior work force, which was able to maintain production utilizing eight-hour days throughout the war. 
B)  not pursuing perfection, but developing working, standard designs and producing them in overwhelming numbers. 
C)  the altruism shown by industrialists who forswore all profits for the duration of the war. 
D)  the use of all segments of the population in war work; schools were canceled so that children could work in factories. 
E)  more modern equipment and factories, since the Germans and Japanese had not been able to rebuild their industry after World War I.

Exam 26: The Second World War

At the end of the war in Europe,Adolf Hitler:

How did Neville Chamberlain presume that the Munich agreement would satisfy Hitler's ambitions?

How did the war affect women?

The first troops to enter and occupy Berlin at the end of the war were:

When the war in the West finally did begin in 1940,the Germans nearly destroyed the combined British and French armies,but a great number of the British and French soldiers escaped in a massive evacuation from:

The German forces in Europe began to retreat toward Germany in the summer of 1944,but in December 1944 they launched a counterattack,known as the battle of _________,which very nearly broke through Allied lines.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Second World War's expansion from a European war to a genuinely global conflict?

The Second World War began with the German invasion of Poland on:

While the League of Nations was created as a means to eliminate power struggles,it did nothing of the sort.

How was the policy of appeasement to blame for many of Hitler's early successes?

The decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan was taken by President Harry S Truman:

What description best characterizes the Vichy government's treatment of France's Jewish population?

Although German scientists were the first to create a nuclear chain reaction,the first nuclear reactor,which was needed to build an atomic bomb,was constructed at:

The mandate territories were created after World War I:

Industrially,the Allies had several advantages over the Axis powers,not the least of which was:

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