The First World War and the Turmoil between The Two World Wars
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This set of Modern World History Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on The First World War and the Turmoil between The Two World Wars
Q1 | One effect of World War I was that:
- Europe was displaced as the centre of world economy.
- the U.S congress agreed to the covenant of the League of Nations.
- the war had accelerated the centralization of money and markets.
- European liberal democratic institutions were strengthened.
Q2 | All of the following statements about mass culture are correct except:
- it had a democratic as well as authoritarian potential.
- it rested on the widespread application of existing technologies.
- it transformed popular culture.
- it did not manage to cut across lines of class an ethnicity.
Q3 | In the episode known as Knight of Long Knives (June 30, 1934).
- Hitler got rid of the Schutzstaffel.
- the Nazis destroyed hundreds of Jewish shops.
- Hitler took over leadership of the Nationalist Party.
- more than one thousand high-ranking SA officials were executed.
Q4 | The Freilkorps were:
- German communist war veterans.
- anti-Marxist, anti-liberal, and anti Semitic.
- the personal army of Weimar government.
- German Bolsheviks.
Q5 | The success of the Italian fascist movement depends on the leadership of:
- Victor Emmanuel.
- Benito Mussolini.
- Giuseppi Mazzini.
- Vittorio Orlando.
Q6 | Which of the following does not describe the result of Stalin’s Five-Year-Plans?
- the command economy functioned in an entirely rational fashion.
- the emphasis was on quantity and not quality.
- heavy industry was favored over light industry.
- the Soviet industry was transformed into a world industrial power.
Q7 | On November 9, 1918:
- the imperial government of Germany was overthrown by a bloody revolution in which hundreds were killed.
- the German Kaiser was assassinated.
- Hitler created and took over leadership of German Workers’ Party.
- the German republic was declared.
Q8 | The Soviet collectivization of agriculture in the late 1920s:
- was entirely consistent with the policies of NEP.
- resulted in the near “liquidation of the Kulaks as a class”.
- prevented the onset of a Russian famine.
- was welcomed by the peasantry.
Q9 | On October 28, 1922, Mussolini’s “Black Shirts”:
- assassinated Victor Emmanuel.
- Joined the revolutionary group, II Popolo d’Italia.
- marched to Rome.
- None of the above.
Q10 | In 1924 election the Nazis polled:
- about 6.6 percent of the vote.
- strong support from the German middle classes.
- a majority of the workers on the left.
- well over 46 percent of the vote.
Q11 | What event pushed Weimar’s political system to the breaking point?
- the Dawes Plan.
- the Great Depression.
- the French invasion of the Ruhr.
- Hitler’s putsch of 1923.
Q12 | The Civil War in Russia pushed the Bolsheviks to a more radical economic stancecalled:
- NEP.
- war communism.
- the first Five-Year Plan.
- the second Five-Year Plan.
Q13 | Thomas Hart Benton and Diego Rivera were similarly in that they:
- used their art to detail the hopes and struggles of ordinary people.
- were both anti-communist reactionaries.
- were members of Bauhaus.
- had an enormous influence on non-western cultures.
Q14 | The man widely assumed to be Lenin’s successor was:
- Trotsky.
- Bukharin.
- Stalin.
- Rasputin.
Q15 | The man most associated with the Bolshevik New Economic Policy (NEP) was:
- Lenin.
- Stalin.
- Trotsky.
- Bukharin.
Q16 | Which pairing is incorrect?
- T.S Elliot-The Waste Land.
- James Joyce- Ulysses.
- Earnest Hemingway- The Sun Also Rises.
- Christopher Isherwood- The Grapes of Wrath.
Q17 | Leni Riefenstahl’s film, Triumph of the Will was:
- an American propaganda film intended to expose the Nazi menace.
- a visual hymn to the Nazi regime.
- made with the help of Charlie Chaplin.
- a fictional tale extolling the virtues of Nazi anit-Semitism.
Q18 | Which of the following was not a component of Italian fascism?
- anit-Semitism.
- militarism.
- nationalism.
- statism.
Q19 | Which of the following does not describe Italy in the years immediately after theGreat War?
- several generals were plotting a military insurrection.
- business elites were shaken by strikes.
- social conflict erupted over land, wages and local power.
- there was a growing divide between the industrialized north and agricultural
Q20 | During the Great Terror, Stalin:
- reprimanded foreign governments for their criticism of the Soviet Union.
- attempted to eliminate all vestiges of capitalism in the Soviet Union.
- was trying to protect the Soviet Union from the Nazis.
- implemented a policy of mass repression against anyone who defied him.
Q21 | Which of the following artists was not a Dadaist?
- Max Ernst.
- Hans Arp.
- Marcel Duchamp.
- Wassily Kandinsky
Q22 | The Kellogg-Briand Pact:
- attempted to end the naval arms race.
- sought to outlaw war as an international crime.
- admitted Germany and the Soviet Union into the League of Nations.
- forced the Soviet Union to leave the League of Nations.
Q23 | Following the naval evacuation of British and French troops at Dunkirk, the Germans invaded:
- Poland.
- Britain.
- Scandinavia.
- France.
Q24 | Which nation developed sonar and also cracked German codes for communicating with the “wolfpacks”?
- the Soviet Union.
- Britain.
- the United States.
- Canada.
Q25 | The Soviet Union entered the Pacific Theatre of World War II by:
- marching into Manchuria and the colonial territory of Korea.
- helping the British stop the Japanese invasion of India.
- invading the island of Okinawa.
- pushing the Japanese forces back on Hong Kong.