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Chapter 28The Age of Anxiety (ca. 1900–1940)

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Question

Which of the following spoke of the “crisis of the mind”?

a) Paul Valéry

b) Jean-Paul Sartre

c) Friedrich Nietzsche

d) Gabriel Marcel


Answer

Which of the following spoke of the “crisis of the mind”?

a) Paul Valéry (correct)

b) Jean-Paul Sartre

c) Friedrich Nietzsche

d) Gabriel Marcel

Hint: See page 914.


Question

Which of the following countries was NOT part of the Little Entente?

a) Romania

b) Yugoslavia

c) Czechoslovakia

d) Hungary


Answer

Which of the following countries was NOT part of the Little Entente?

a) Romania

b) Yugoslavia

c) Czechoslovakia

d) Hungary (correct)

Hint: See page 929.


Question

Modern painting grew out of a revolt against

a) classicism.

b) capitalism.

c) French impressionism.

d) German romanticism.


Answer

Modern painting grew out of a revolt against

a) classicism.

b) capitalism.

c) French impressionism. (correct)

d) German romanticism.

Hint: See page 922.


Question

In continental countries, the primary development in philosophy was

a) logical empiricism.

b) existentialism.

c) humanism.

d) logical positivism.


Answer

In continental countries, the primary development in philosophy was

a) logical empiricism.

b) existentialism. (correct)

c) humanism.

d) logical positivism.

Hint: See page 916.


Question

Of all the major industrial countries, which one was hit the hardest by the Great Depression?

a) Germany

b) Britain

c) France

d) United States


Answer

Of all the major industrial countries, which one was hit the hardest by the Great Depression?

a) Germany (correct)

b) Britain

c) France

d) United States

Hint: See page 936.


Question

The principle of uncertainty was proposed by

a) Marie Curie.

b) Karl Barth.

c) Werner Heisenberg.

d) Sigmund Freud.


Answer

The principle of uncertainty was proposed by

a) Marie Curie.

b) Karl Barth.

c) Werner Heisenberg. (correct)

d) Sigmund Freud.

Hint: See page 919.


Question

In January 1923, the German Ruhr wasoccupied by

a) Russia.

b) France.

c) Italy.

d) Austria.


Answer

In January 1923, the German Ruhr wasoccupied by

a) Russia.

b) France. (correct)

c) Italy.

d) Austria.

Hint: See page 929.


Question

The movement in painting that attacked all accepted standards of art and behavior, and delighted in outrageous conduct was

a) impressionism.

b) brutalism.

c) dadaism.

d) cubism.


Answer

The movement in painting that attacked all accepted standards of art and behavior, and delighted in outrageous conduct was

a) impressionism.

b) brutalism.

c) dadaism. (correct)

d) cubism.

Hint: See page 926.


Question

Which of the following was the name of Franklin Roosevelt’s presidential campaign promise to Americans?

a) Great Society

b) New Deal

c) Dawes Plan

d) Hope for America


Answer

Which of the following was the name of Franklin Roosevelt’s presidential campaign promise to Americans?

a) Great Society

b) New Deal (correct)

c) Dawes Plan

d) Hope for America

Hint: See page 937.


Question

Which of the following countries was the most effective in dealing with the Great Depression?

a) France

b) Britain

c) Sweden

d) United States


Answer

Which of the following countries was the most effective in dealing with the Great Depression?

a) France

b) Britain

c) Sweden (correct)

d) United States

Hint: See page 938.

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