Quiz on George Grosz's Lithographs

Which of the following best describes the 1936 lithograph (entitled The Hero) by German artist George Grosz?

• A propaganda poster prepared by the Nazi Party

• A protest poster prepared against the atrocities of the atomic bomb

• A representation of a Holocaust victim

• A post-First World War print expressing antiwar sentiment

Which of the following best describes the lithograph above by German artist George Grosz?

• A propaganda poster prepared for the Nuremberg Rally by the Nazi Party

• A protest poster against the atrocities of the atomic bomb

• A representation of a Holocaust victim from Dachau

• A post-First World War printing expressing antiwar sentiment

• A twentieth-century painting exemplifying the ideas of the Cubists

Which of the following best describes the cause of the developments described in the passage?

• Soviet efforts to modernize their economy through government control

• Soviet reaction to the economic crisis of the Great Depression

• Protests against the environmental effects of economic developments

• Scientific breakthroughs in transportation and communication

Which of the following was the most important factor behind Europeans' readiness to embrace authoritarian political systems in the 1930s?

• Dissatisfaction with the welfare state

• Admiration for the economic achievement of the Soviet Union under Stalin

• The economic crisis caused by the Great Depression

• Resentment of United States mass culture and consumer society

Based on the passage, it can be inferred that Mazower might also support which of the following assertions?

• The industrial capacity of the United States doomed Hitler's project for a Nazi-dominated Europe to failure from the start.

• The Nazis' rigidly ideological approach to empire building prevented them from consolidating their control of continental Europe

• Ordinary Germans' revulsion at the genocidal policies of the Nazi Party as the Second World War progressed would have resulted in a revolution in Germany even if Hitler had won the military conflict.

• Stalin's modernization policies would have enabled the Soviet Union to defeat Nazi Germany regardless of

  Hitler's policies

Which of the following best explains the historical significance of views such as those expressed in the passage?

• They show that many political leaders used the economic challenges of the Great Depression to justify implementing repressive policies.

• They show that many states responded to the Great Depression by using race-based ideologies to mobilize economic resources.

• They show that, in response to the disruptions of the Great Depression, many political leaders saw it as their

  duty to take an active role in guiding economic life.

• They show that, in response to the

  disruptions of the Great Depression,

  some states reaffirmed their commitment to pursuing liberal economic policies.

The Brazilian government's pride in listing the extensive workers' rights guaranteed under the 1937 constitution is significant because it shows that:

• governments across the political spectrum sought the support of the military in obtaining political power

• governments across the political spectrum were influenced by socialist economic and social policies

• governments across the political spectrum used nationalism to mobilize their populations for war

• governments across the political spectrum promoted state-led industrialization to foster economic growth

Which of the following best explains a potentially significant limitation of using the document for understanding the reforms described in the passage in Brazil?

• The document likely exaggerates the extent to which the reforms benefited Brazil's middle and upper classes.

• The document likely exaggerates the importance of the Work Tribunal in reshaping economic development in Brazil.

• The document likely ignores the deep tensions that existed between workers and union leaders.

• The document likely ignores some economic problems that might have occurred because of the reforms.

Which of the following best explains why the British government felt the need to distribute the pamphlet?

• British authorities were concerned that going to war against a Muslim country could fuel anti-imperialist protests among India's large Muslim population.

• Many people in Britain regarded the First World War as a religious conflict between Christian and Islamic states.

• Religious tensions between India's Muslim and Christian populations significantly increased before the outbreak of the First World War.

• British passenger ships and shipping companies made significant profits by transporting Muslim pilgrims on

  the hajj from India to Mecca and Medina.

The Ottoman Empire likely entered into the conflict referred to in the passage because

• it shared religious and cultural values with Germany and Austria-Hungary

• it had undertaken significant political and economic reforms in the late nineteenth century

• it had lost significant territory to other European states in the nineteenth century

• its economy significantly lagged behind those of the other European powers