Question 1

In 1918 Lenin signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, in which Russia gave up control of all of these areas   EXCEPT

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A)   the Baltic states.
B)   eastern Poland.
C)   Finland.
D)   the Ukraine.
E)   Muscovy.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 2

The ____ reduced Germany's reparations and made its payments based on its ability to pay.

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A)   Schlieffen Plan
B)   Brest-Litovsk Plan
C)   New Economic Policy
D)   Berlin Manifesto
E)   Dawes PlanF) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 3

What happened during the Russian Civil War?

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A)   The White armies almost captured the country, but lack of cooperation led to their ultimate defeat.
B)   Rasputin proved to be an effective war commissar.
C)   The Red Terror killed Bolshevik supporters.
D)   The Whites captured Moscow but were forced to relinquish it by the Allies.
E)   Nicholas II and his family escaped to Great Britain.F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 4

The United States

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A)   entered the war immediately after a number of Americans died when the Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine.
B)   had, in President Wilson, a strong foe of total war mobilization.
C)   sent its troops to China during the civil war there.
D)   took an idealistic stance at the Paris Peace Conference.
E)   joined the League of Nations in spite of Woodrow Wilson's opposition.F) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 5

Changes in middle-class attitudes during the 1920s included

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A)   a surprising degree of support for the Bolshevik cause, first articulated by President Wilson in 1919.
B)   the popularity of Theodor van de Velde's book Divorce in Five Easy Lessons.
C)   the popularity of short skirts, short hair, and the use of previously risqué cosmetics.
D)   the acquisition of television sets.
E)   the popularity of the twist.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
the Bolshevik Party

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Question 7

The new economic views of John Maynard Keynes held that

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A)   government public works spending would cut unemployment and revive an economy.
B)   unemployment resulted from an inflationary increase in demand.
C)   budget deficits must be avoided at any cost.
D)   governments should pursue a policy of economic laissez-faire.
E)   governments must print unlimited amounts of money.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 8

Leon Trotsky had a long political rivalry with

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A)   Joseph Stalin.
B)   V.I. Lenin.
C)   the entire Russian Politburo.
D)   David Lloyd George.
E)   the soviets.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

Lenin's new secret police were known as the

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A)   KGB.
B)   Cheka.
C)   NKVD.
D)   Stasi.
E)   Savak.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

After the Great War finally concluded in 1918, most people believed that with peace restored, pre-war progress would readily continue.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Gallipoli and Verdun

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Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Arnold Schönberg and Hannah Höch

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Question 13

Dadaism was an artistic movement devoted to create 'anti-art'.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Considering the possible causes and events, was World War I inevitable? Why or why not? If inevitable, from what date or from what event was there no turning back?

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World War I was not necessarily inevitab...

Question 15

After Lenin's death,

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A)   Trotsky replaced him and gradually scaled down the NEP over a five-year period.
B)   the Socialist Revolutionary party seized power and held it until 1931.
C)   the Politburo split into a Left group, wishing to pursue of rapid industrialization and world revolution, and a Right group, desiring to construct a socialist state in Russia.
D)   Stalin was assassinated by the followers of Trotsky, who believed that "Comrade Card-Index" was planning to murder all of his political rivals.
E)   Kalashnikov became party general secretary.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 16

Explain, using specific examples of artists, schools of art, etc., how the horrors of World War I affected various forms of artistic expression in Europe and the U.S.  Can this artistic reaction be termed a revolution?  If so, why? If not, why not?

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The horrors of World War I had a profoun...

Question 17

What made the ideologies of communism and fascism appealing in the 1930s?

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The ideologies of communism and fascism ...

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Article 231/ War Guilt Clause

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Article 231, commonly known as the War G...

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory

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The Persistence of Memory is a famous pa...

Question 20

By 1917, World War I had

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A)   forced the Germans into waging unrestricted submarine warfare against the United States.
B)   enveloped every nation of the world in warfare.
C)   resulted in the German capture of several British and French colonies.
D)   produced a German attack on United States seaports.
E)   led to a communist revolution in Germany.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

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