Question 1

The 1919 election in the Weimar Republic resulted in a coalition government of:

Accepted Answer

A)  communists,Nazis,and social democrats. 
B)  Nazis,liberal democrats,and Catholics. 
C)  socialists,Catholics,and liberal democrats. 
D)  Catholics,social democrats,and communists. 
E)  Catholics,Nazis,and communists. 
A)  communists,Nazis,and social democrats. 
B)  Nazis,liberal democrats,and Catholics. 
C)  socialists,Catholics,and liberal democrats. 
D)  Catholics,social democrats,and communists. 
E)  Catholics,Nazis,and communists. C

Question 2

In Mein Kampf,Hitler argued for the popular theory that Germany was betrayed by its enemies and that the country needed strong leadership to regain international prominence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Hitler proclaimed his new government to be the Third Reich,claiming it to be the successor to the First Reich,which was the Roman Empire,and the Second Reich,which was the Carolingian Empire of the Middle Ages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

How did Mussolini manage the Italian state's long-standing conflict with the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

A)  by banning Catholic political groups throughout Italy 
B)  by denying diplomatic recognition to the Vatican in 1925 
C)  by asking prominent Catholic politicians to join the fascist regime 
D)  by staging a public reconciliation with the Church,including independence for the Vatican in 1929 
E)  by forcibly appointing a new pope,Pius XI,when Benedict XV died in 1929 
A)  by banning Catholic political groups throughout Italy 
B)  by denying diplomatic recognition to the Vatican in 1925 
C)  by asking prominent Catholic politicians to join the fascist regime 
D)  by staging a public reconciliation with the Church,including independence for the Vatican in 1929 
E)  by forcibly appointing a new pope,Pius XI,when Benedict XV died in 1929

Question 5

What phrase best describes the early membership of Mussolini's fasci?

Accepted Answer

A)  young,ardently nationalist idealists 
B)  disaffected Italian war veterans 
C)  reactionary established merchants and businessmen 
D)  stridently anti-Catholic workers 
E)  dedicated anticommunist,anti-Catholic,anticapitalist anarchists 
A)  young,ardently nationalist idealists 
B)  disaffected Italian war veterans 
C)  reactionary established merchants and businessmen 
D)  stridently anti-Catholic workers 
E)  dedicated anticommunist,anti-Catholic,anticapitalist anarchists

Question 6

The first racially motivated policy of Nazi Germany was their law regarding:

Accepted Answer

A)  the closure of Jewish businesses. 
B)  intermarriage between Jews and Germans. 
C)  Jews holding public office. 
D)  forced sterilization of undesirables. 
E)  banning of all immigration from Africa. 
A)  the closure of Jewish businesses. 
B)  intermarriage between Jews and Germans. 
C)  Jews holding public office. 
D)  forced sterilization of undesirables. 
E)  banning of all immigration from Africa.

Question 7

What was the Night of the Long Knives?

Accepted Answer

A)  a round of brutal street fighting between Nazi and communists gangs immediately after Hitler's rise to power 
B)  an attack on the Reichstag in Berlin by anarchists 
C)  a nickname for the first round of arrests that sent thousands of German Jews into concentration camps 
D)  a lethal purge of Hitler's SA in 1934,killing over a thousand officials he considered too radical 
E)  the nickname for the coordinated attacks made on Jewish businesses and synagogues in 1938 
A)  a round of brutal street fighting between Nazi and communists gangs immediately after Hitler's rise to power 
B)  an attack on the Reichstag in Berlin by anarchists 
C)  a nickname for the first round of arrests that sent thousands of German Jews into concentration camps 
D)  a lethal purge of Hitler's SA in 1934,killing over a thousand officials he considered too radical 
E)  the nickname for the coordinated attacks made on Jewish businesses and synagogues in 1938

Question 8

The Bolsheviks won the Civil War in Russia because they were better organized than the Whites and others who opposed the socialist state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The SS (Schutzstaffel)was created as an alternative to the radical and possibly revolutionary SA (Hitler's storm troopers).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Nazi Germany stressed its legitimacy by fostering traditional German values such as:

Accepted Answer

A)  a strong religious faith by their support of the Lutheran Church and toleration of all other faiths. 
B)  pacifism through the establishment of a government Ministry of Peace. 
C)  education through their support of new scholarships and the creation of several new universities. 
D)  motherhood by their encouragement of women to leave the workplace and assume their proper role as mothers and wives. 
E)  toleration for all peoples by their signing of the Kellogg-Briand Pact. 
A)  a strong religious faith by their support of the Lutheran Church and toleration of all other faiths. 
B)  pacifism through the establishment of a government Ministry of Peace. 
C)  education through their support of new scholarships and the creation of several new universities. 
D)  motherhood by their encouragement of women to leave the workplace and assume their proper role as mothers and wives. 
E)  toleration for all peoples by their signing of the Kellogg-Briand Pact.

Question 11

The Freikorps (free corps)of Germany was made up of veterans from the First World War and other young nationalists who acted as counterrevolutionaries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What was the Night of Broken Glass?

Accepted Answer

A)  a general attack by the SA against Jewish stores and synagogues across Germany in 1938 
B)  the Nazis' nickname for the attack that burned the Reichstag in 1933 
C)  a show of force by Mussolini's fasci against communist groups after the march on Rome 
D)  the first mass public roundup of political prisoners in Stalin's Great Terror 
E)  a nickname for the first round of arrests that sent thousands of German Jews into concentration camps 
A)  a general attack by the SA against Jewish stores and synagogues across Germany in 1938 
B)  the Nazis' nickname for the attack that burned the Reichstag in 1933 
C)  a show of force by Mussolini's fasci against communist groups after the march on Rome 
D)  the first mass public roundup of political prisoners in Stalin's Great Terror 
E)  a nickname for the first round of arrests that sent thousands of German Jews into concentration camps

Question 13

What role did the economy play in the collapse of the Weimar Republic?

Accepted Answer

The collapse of the Weimar Republic,and

Question 14

The poet _________ presented a philosophy in his poetry that bordered on despair-life is a living death,to be endured as boredom and frustration.

Accepted Answer

A)  W.H.Auden 
B)  James Joyce 
C)  John Steinbeck 
D)  T.S.Eliot 
E)  Marcel Proust 
A)  W.H.Auden 
B)  James Joyce 
C)  John Steinbeck 
D)  T.S.Eliot 
E)  Marcel Proust

Question 15

The victory of Mussolini's "black shirts" was a bloody ordeal that eventually killed more Italians than the wars of unification before the war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What role did famine play in allowing Stalin to accelerate his program for collectivization of agriculture?

Accepted Answer

Famine enabled Stalin to take control of

Question 17

What film by Leni Riefenstahl was a visual hymn to the cultural power of the Nazi regime?

Accepted Answer

A)  Der letzte Mann 
B)  Triumph of the Will 
C)  The Great Dictator 
D)  Metropolis 
E)  Tiefland 
A)  Der letzte Mann 
B)  Triumph of the Will 
C)  The Great Dictator 
D)  Metropolis 
E)  Tiefland

Question 18

According to Joseph Goebbels in his pamphlet Why Are We Enemies of the Jews,the Nazi party was founded on the twin hatreds of Jews and:

Accepted Answer

A)  capitalism. 
B)  socialism. 
C)  nationalism. 
D)  militarism. 
E)  communism. 
A)  capitalism. 
B)  socialism. 
C)  nationalism. 
D)  militarism. 
E)  communism.

Question 19

The original work in physics that eventually led to the development of the atomic bomb was done by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Otto Hahn. 
B)  Fritz Strassman. 
C)  Albert Einstein. 
D)  Werner Heidelberg. 
E)  Max Planck. 
A)  Otto Hahn. 
B)  Fritz Strassman. 
C)  Albert Einstein. 
D)  Werner Heidelberg. 
E)  Max Planck.

Question 20

Who were the "Red Leagues"?

Accepted Answer

A)  the rural organizations of the early Communist party in Russia after 1917 
B)  paramilitary opponents of the Freikorps in Germany during 1919 and 1920 
C)  organizations of workers and intellectuals in Western nations formed in support of the Bolshevik cause in Russia 
D)  socialist agrarian groups in Italy that attempted to break up large estates and reduce rents 
E)  supporters of Mussolini in Sicily during his rise to power in the 1920s 
A)  the rural organizations of the early Communist party in Russia after 1917 
B)  paramilitary opponents of the Freikorps in Germany during 1919 and 1920 
C)  organizations of workers and intellectuals in Western nations formed in support of the Bolshevik cause in Russia 
D)  socialist agrarian groups in Italy that attempted to break up large estates and reduce rents 
E)  supporters of Mussolini in Sicily during his rise to power in the 1920s

Exam 25: Turmoil Between the Wars

The 1919 election in the Weimar Republic resulted in a coalition government of:

In Mein Kampf,Hitler argued for the popular theory that Germany was betrayed by its enemies and that the country needed strong leadership to regain international prominence.

Hitler proclaimed his new government to be the Third Reich,claiming it to be the successor to the First Reich,which was the Roman Empire,and the Second Reich,which was the Carolingian Empire of the Middle Ages.

How did Mussolini manage the Italian state's long-standing conflict with the Catholic Church?

What phrase best describes the early membership of Mussolini's fasci?

The first racially motivated policy of Nazi Germany was their law regarding:

What was the Night of the Long Knives?

The Bolsheviks won the Civil War in Russia because they were better organized than the Whites and others who opposed the socialist state.

The SS (Schutzstaffel)was created as an alternative to the radical and possibly revolutionary SA (Hitler's storm troopers).

Nazi Germany stressed its legitimacy by fostering traditional German values such as:

The Freikorps (free corps)of Germany was made up of veterans from the First World War and other young nationalists who acted as counterrevolutionaries.

What was the Night of Broken Glass?

What role did the economy play in the collapse of the Weimar Republic?

The poet _________ presented a philosophy in his poetry that bordered on despair-life is a living death,to be endured as boredom and frustration.

The victory of Mussolini's "black shirts" was a bloody ordeal that eventually killed more Italians than the wars of unification before the war.

What role did famine play in allowing Stalin to accelerate his program for collectivization of agriculture?

What film by Leni Riefenstahl was a visual hymn to the cultural power of the Nazi regime?

According to Joseph Goebbels in his pamphlet Why Are We Enemies of the Jews,the Nazi party was founded on the twin hatreds of Jews and:

The original work in physics that eventually led to the development of the atomic bomb was done by:

Who were the "Red Leagues"?

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