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The term “the lost generation” was used to describe |
| | A) | war orphans in Europe after the Great War. |
| | B) | German nationals who found themselves living in Czechoslovakia |
| | C) | American intellectuals disillusioned by their experience in the Great War. |
| | D) | the poor and homeless cast adrift by the Great Depression. |
| | E) | German veterans embittered by the outcome of the war. |
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Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity suggests that |
| | A) | nothing is as it appears |
| | B) | there is no right or wrong; everything is relative |
| | C) | the universe is like a perfect machine, subject to predictable and knowable laws |
| | D) | there is no fixed reality; time and space are relative to the observer. |
| | E) | time is constant throughout the universe. |
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Which of the following is NOT an aspect of the new artistic sensibility after World War I? |
| | A) | a disdain for realism |
| | B) | concern with emotional expression |
| | C) | greater interest in non-western artistic traditions |
| | D) | bold experiments with linear perspective |
| | E) | no clear standards of “good” and “bad” art |
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The Bauhaus style of architecture is noted for |
| | A) | simple, functional shapes |
| | B) | small, decorative windows |
| | C) | incorporating folk traditions into structural design |
| | D) | the principle that function should follow form in architecture |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Sigmund Freud’s significant contribution to science of psychology was |
| | A) | his theory that the mind has both conscious and unconscious components |
| | B) | his belief that mental disorders were caused by repression |
| | C) | his belief that unconscious sexual desires caused neuroses |
| | D) | his use of free association and dream therapy to understand the human unconscious |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Which of the following is NOT a contributing cause of the Great Depression? |
| | A) | The tangle of debts, loans and reparations payments that linked British, French, German and American investors |
| | B) | The failure of American industry to provide new consumer goods. |
| | C) | Overproduction in certain commodities led to a drop in prices. |
| | D) | Reckless speculation on the stock market |
| | E) | A global slump in agriculture due to increased production and falling prices. |
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As the American economy contracted, the depression spread to all of the following EXCEPT |
| | A) | Austria |
| | B) | Britain |
| | C) | China |
| | D) | Germany |
| | E) | Japan |
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Economic nationalism refers to |
| | A) | seeking out cheap, foreign raw materials to keep the costs of manufacturing down |
| | B) | excluding immigrants who were poor and unskilled |
| | C) | imposing high tariffs on imported goods to promote economic self-sufficiency |
| | D) | maintaining “spheres of influence” in Asia |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Which of the following was NOT a typical response to the Great Depression? |
| | A) | a sharp rise in marriages and births as people sought comfort in their families |
| | B) | laws passed that restricted the employment of married women |
| | C) | intensified class antagonism |
| | D) | shame at unemployment, increased suicide rates |
| | E) | migrations of homeless, shanty-towns at the outskirts of cities |
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President Roosevelt’s New Deal included provisions for all of the following EXCEPT |
| | A) | massive spending on public works |
| | B) | reform of the American banking system |
| | C) | a guaranteed minimum wage |
| | D) | social security to provide old-age pensions |
| | E) | massive military spending |
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The “dictatorship of the proletariat” was achieved in Russia by |
| | A) | rallying the Russian people against Allied troops that invaded Russia in support of the Whites. |
| | B) | the elimination of the royal family as a potential rallying point of opposition |
| | C) | crushing the White army in a brutal civil war |
| | D) | seizing control of banks, industry, and other commercial property |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Stalin’s Five-Year Plan achieved |
| | A) | nothing but the deaths of several million peasants |
| | B) | the rapid industrialization of heavy industries but not consumer goods |
| | C) | the successful conversion of Russian agriculture from inefficient individual farms to large collective units |
| | D) | the elimination of all rivals to Stalin in the Communist Party |
| | E) | all of the above |
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The benefits of the Soviet system included all of the following EXCEPT |
| | A) | full employment |
| | B) | low-cost utilities |
| | C) | cheap housing |
| | D) | ample, inexpensive food |
| | E) | free education |
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Mussolini’s Fascist Party gained public support in post-war Italy by |
| | A) | working within the political system to elected to Parliament |
| | B) | arguing that Italy had been slighted by the Allies at the Peace Conference |
| | C) | taking advantage of labor unrest and directing violence against socialists |
| | D) | appearing to align themselves with the rightful authority, the king |
| | E) | all of the above |
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The fascist agenda in Italy included all of the following EXCEPT |
| | A) | crushing labor unions and prohibiting strikes |
| | B) | eliminating all rival parties |
| | C) | restricting free speech, assembly and press |
| | D) | the exile of all Jews living within Italy |
| | E) | extreme nationalism |
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The National Socialist Party in Germany gained significant popular support after |
| | A) | the Allies forced the Weimar leaders to sign the humiliating Treaty of Versailles |
| | B) | Hitler went to jail, a martyr for the cause |
| | C) | the great Depression shook the nation’s confidence in the Weimar Republic |
| | D) | Mussolini demonstrated the success of fascism in Italy |
| | E) | Jewish bankers and merchants were found to be undermining the German economy |
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The Nazi social agenda included all of the following EXCEPT |
| | A) | actively recruiting young women into the Nazi Party |
| | B) | forbidding intermarriage between Jews and other Germans |
| | C) | discouraging women from entering the workforce |
| | D) | discouraging divorce and all forms of birth control |
| | E) | actively practicing eugenics to eliminate “undesirable” people |
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The movement for self-rule in India was primarily led by |
| | A) | urban workers inspired by the ideas of Marx and Lenin |
| | B) | rural peasants chaffing under the restrictions of British rule |
| | C) | educated middle-class Indians inspired by the liberal ideal of national self-determination |
| | D) | Indian administrators in the service of the British government |
| | E) | Hindus in spite of Muslim resistance to concept |
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The passage of the India Act in 1937 created |
| | A) | two separate states, India and Pakistan, both still part of the British Empire |
| | B) | shared rule in India with an Indian Parliament and a Brutish-controlled executive |
| | C) | a process for the gradual emancipation of India. |
| | D) | the possibility for India to send two non-voting members to the British Parliament |
| | E) | none of the above |
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The primary concern of Chinese nationalists in the 1920s was |
| | A) | the expulsion of foreign imperialists and the end of the unequal treaties |
| | B) | the recovery of China’s lost empire in Asia |
| | C) | the reconquest of Korea and Manchuria from the Japanese |
| | D) | the emancipation of Chinese women |
| | E) | the redistribution of land to peasant farmers |
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On significant outcome of the Long March was |
| | A) | the defeat of the Communist Party in China |
| | B) | the emergence of Mao Zedong as the undisputed leader of the Chinese Communists |
| | C) | an alliance between the CCP and the nationalists against the Japanese |
| | D) | the elimination of the warlords in western China |
| | E) | all of the above |
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The only significant reform in Japan after the Great War was |
| | A) | the legalization of labor unions |
| | B) | the reigning in of the military under the civilian government |
| | C) | laws making Japanese women fully equal with men |
| | D) | universal male suffrage |
| | E) | All are significant Japanese reforms of this era. |
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