Question 1

Leni Riefenstahl and Joseph Goebbels played important roles in

Accepted Answer

A)  pro-Nazi German propaganda.
B)  anti-Fascist art.
C)  organizing the Five-Year Plans.
D)  setting up concentration camps.
E)  the democratic resistance to Hitler. A

Question 2

Bolshevism differed from Fascism in rejecting

Accepted Answer

A)  racism and imperialist nationalism.
B)  the use of a powerful secret police.
C)  the rejection of liberal concepts of human rights.
D)  the creation of a cult of the leader.
E)  the imposition of a single-party political system. A

Question 3

Stalin's purges are best described as

Accepted Answer

A)  evidence that Stalin demanded absolute obedience in all areas of life.
B)  a tragic mistake that weakened Stalin's leadership.
C)  proof that Stalin was a madman.
D)  regrettable,but necessary to stamp out counter-revolutionary activists.
E)  having little impact on most Russians. A

Question 4

How did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was offered the position by President Hindenburg.
B)  He was appointed by Kaiser Wilhelm.
C)  He was elected by a majority in the Reichstag.
D)  He led a violent coup d'etat.
E)  The Nazis won an overwhelming majority in national elections.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the "International Style"?

Accepted Answer

A)  ornate decoration
B)  simplicity
C)  utility
D)  affordability
E)  modernism

Question 6

The plan that reduced and rescheduled Germany's payments while also guaranteeing American loans to the Weimar government after WW I was named for its author,

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Dawes.
B)  Ramsay MacDonald.
C)  Herbert Hoover.
D)  Gustav Stresemann.
E)  John Maynard Keynes.

Question 7

What was Stalin's primary strength in the succession struggle against Trotsky and Bukharin?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stalin was a better propagandist than his rivals.
B)  Stalin was more cultured than his rivals.
C)  Stalin was smarter than his rivals.
D)  Stalin was Russian and his rivals were non-Russian.
E)  Stalin was more ethical than his rivals.

Question 8

Which one of the following is NOT true of postwar Britain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unemployment fell dramatically.
B)  The Labour Party replaced the Liberals as the main opposition to the Conservatives.
C)  Further democratization occurred.
D)  Britain was eager to see Germany return to its prewar prosperity.
E)  Britain resisted defensive alliances with France.

Question 9

Who were the kulaks killed or exiled under Stalin?

Accepted Answer

A)  small landowners
B)  Orthodox priests
C)  leaders of industrial unions
D)  Roman Catholics
E)  Russian Jews

Question 10

As Hitler recognized,a totalitarian government in a democratic age

Accepted Answer

A)  could succeed by channeling popular discontent.
B)  could only come to power by illegal means.
C)  had to use military force to maintain power.
D)  was a contradiction in terms.
E)  could succeed by winning support of the elite.

Question 11

What was collectivization?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Recruitment to Mussolini's Fascist Party was especially strong among

Accepted Answer

A)  unemployed ex-soldiers
B)  businessmen
C)  industrialists
D)  women
E)  military servicemen

Question 13

What factors were responsible for the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnic and religious upheaval dating from the interwar years
B)  religious tolerance and peaceful negotiations
C)  the legacy of alliances with Stalinist Russia
D)  the legacy of associations with Fascist Germany
E)  the poor relationship between the nation and the Catholic Church

Question 14

Which of the following does NOT describe the Weimar Republic in Germany after World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Republic was able to shed responsibility for the burden of war reparations.
B)  The Republic included a legislature elected by the people.
C)  The constitution clamed that political authority came from the people.
D)  Civil liberties and enlightened liberal ideals were reflected.
E)  Fair elections were held based on wide suffrage.

Question 15

In the spring of 1936,a failed takeover of the Japanese government was led by

Accepted Answer

A)  ultranationalist army officers.
B)  Soviet agents.
C)  pro-American business leaders.
D)  Japanese communists.
E)  anti-imperialist liberals.

Question 16

The tragic irony of William Keylor's statement,"organized violence on a large scale,or the preparation for it,has proved to be the most effective remedy for the economic problems of underconsumption and unemployment" is that

Accepted Answer

A)  it explains why totalitarian states may be more successful than democracies in pulling a country out of depression.
B)  while totalitarians may believe it,history proves it is false.
C)  totalitarian policies are no more successful than democratic policies in the economic sphere.
D)  violence has never led a nation to greatness,even in the short term.
E)  economics has less to do with history than ideology.

Question 17

The term "Nazi" is an acronym for the German

Accepted Answer

A)  National Socialist German Workers' Party
B)  Free Labor Party
C)  Party of the National Consciousness
D)  People's Democratic Party
E)  Social Revolutionary Party

Question 18

Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus school represented an international style of

Accepted Answer

A)  architecture.
B)  clothing design.
C)  fiction writing.
D)  painting.
E)  orchestral music.

Question 19

Jose Ortega y Gasset was a Spanish writer who

Accepted Answer

A)  questioned the value of mass democracy.
B)  argued that capitalism was doomed.
C)  believed liberalism would save Europe.
D)  foretold a coming cultural golden age.
E)  trusted the masses to check the power of elites.

Question 20

Which of the following was NOT a measure taken by the Nazi Party to control the German people?

Accepted Answer

A)  Families were limited to two children.
B)  Freedoms of speech,assembly,and press were eliminated.
C)  Campaigns were conducted to eliminate homosexuality.
D)  American jazz was condemned.
E)  Modernist art was condemned.

Exam 23: The Troubled Interwar Years