Core Notes 8 Quiz

F Grade: Which of these was not an economic problem caused by WW1?

• Loss of territories

• The resignation of Philipp Scheidemann

• Reparations

• Increase in prices

E Grade: True or false? German wartime governments paid for the war through increased taxes.

• True

• False

D Grade: How much debt was the German government in after WW1?

• 44 billion marks

• 1.44 billion marks

• 4.11 billion marks

• 41.4 billion marks

C Grade: Who was the new Centre Party chancellor, who chose to leave inflation unchecked?

• Gustav Bauer

• Friedrich Ebert

• Konstantin Fehrenbach

• Wilhelm Cuno

B Grade: Who replaced Fehrenbach when he resigned over reparations?

• Wilhelm Firth

• Joshua Wirth

• Joseph Wirth

• Colin Firth

A Grade: How many times higher were prices after the war than in 1913?

• 13

• 14

• 15

• 16

A*: In November 1922, the German government asked for a loan of how much to help deal with inflation and reparations?