SAMPLE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. The Austrian annexation
of Bosnia in 1908 threatened the nationalist aspirations of which of the
following countries?
a.
Turkey
b. Romania.
c.
Serbia.
d. France.
e.
Herzegovina.
2. Which of Wilson's goals
was fully achieved following World War I?
a. Armaments were reduced to levels consistent with national safety.
b. The League of Nations became an instrument for preventing war.
c. France regained the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine.
d. Italy's borders were readjusted to include all Italian nationals.
e. No punitive demands were imposed on the loser nations.
3. A theory that held the power of nationalism, along with the
glorification of violence and militarism, was largely responsible for World War
I would most likely blame which of the following countries for the war?
a.
Germany
b. France and Russia.
c.
Serbia.
d. Austria-Hungary.
e. Italy.
4. Great Britain entered the war when
a. Russia mobilized.
b. Belgium was invaded.
c. Germany issued its "blank check."
d. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
e. Serbia refused to accept the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum.
5. It embraced a patchwork
quilt of competing nationalities in 1914. There was no way it could
sanction nationalism as a legitimate force to be acknowledged. The country
referred to is
a.
Italy.
b. Russia.
c.
Turkey.
d. Austria-Hungary.
e. Poland.
6. Women's roles changed
as increasing numbers of women entered the labor force during World War I.
Their entrance was the result largely of
a. their acquiring the right to vote.
b. higher mortality rates.
c. declining birthrates.
d. an excess of demand for labor.
e. changing sexual attitudes.
7. The dismissal of
Bismarck by Kaiser Wilhlem II paved the way for an alliance between which of the
following countries during the First World War?
a. France and
Russia.
b. Germany and Italy.
c. Germany and Austria-Hungary. d. Great Britain
and Belgium.
e. Serbia and Russia.
8. European writers, such as Erich Remarque in ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, portrayed warfare in World War I in terms of
a. patriotic
nationalism.
b. a loss of innocence.
c. a cleansing of human pollutants. d. a struggle
b/w bourgeoisie and proletariat.
e. anarchic individualism.
9. World War I had been called the first "total war" for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
a. campaigns were fought
on every continent.
b. it involved the whole civilian population of the belligerents.
c. the entire resources of the nations at war were marshaled for the war
effort.
d. those not serving in the military, including women, were expected to
work in war plants, buy bonds to support the war, and morally back the nation's
aims.
e. there were more civilian than military casualties.
10. Which of the following DID NOT contribute to the outbreak of World War I?
a. rival
alliances.
b. conflicting colonial claims.
c. Slavic
nationalism.
d. a naval arms race.
e. Japanese militarism.
11. The root cause of the
Anglo-German rivalry from the last decades of the 19th century to 1914 was
a. competition in world trade.
b. the growing strength of the German navy.
c. the conflict of the Berlin to Baghdad railway.
d. Britain's Entente Cordial with France.
e. traditional enmities between the nations.
12. The series of Balkan crises, from 1908 to 1913, helped precipitate the First World War by
a. pitting Austria and
Russia against each other.
b. arousing Slavic nationalism.
c. revealing the weakness of the Ottoman Empire.
d. None of the above.
e. All of the above.
13. After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June of 1914, the infamous "blank check" issued by Germany to Austria
a. promised support in
whatever action Austria took against Russia.
b. was matched by a "blank check" from Russia to Serbia.
c. gave Austria a free hand in dealing with Serbia.
d. created a rift between Russia and France.
e. brought an ultimatum from Britain to Germany.
14. The German Schlieffen Plan failed for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
a. it was based on the
strategy of attrition in a drawn-out war.
b. Russian mobilization was too swift to allow the "holding
action" in the east.
c. Belgian resistance to their violated neutrality was stiff.
d. German divisions were transferred from France to East Prussia.
e. the French counterattack at the Marne was successful.
15. War on the Western Front from late 1914 through most of 1918 can best be characterized as
a. a series of clashes
over vast areas by mobile armies.
b. a stalemate during which offensive operations exacted high casualties.
c. a seesaw conflict in which each side repeatedly gained then lost vast
areas.
d. spectacular cavalry operations supported by infantry attacks and
aircraft bombing.
e. a series of tank battles followed up by infantry assaults.
16. War on the Eastern Front
a. quickly degenerated
into static trench warfare.
b. was similar in character to that on the Western Front.
c. involved a defensive stand by the German armies against the numerically
superior Russians.
d. was characterized by decisive German victories, horrific Russian losses
and the acquisition of vast territories.
e. was marked by spectacular Austrian victories against the Turks and the
Russians.
17. Which was an innovation first employed in World War I?
a. massed
artillery.
b. tactical bombing by aircraft.
c. naval
blockade.
d. large-scale infantry assaults over a broad front.
e. trench warfare.
18. Choose the correct chronological order of the following events:
I. Russia pulls out of World War I.
II. Italy enters the war.
III. The United States enters
the war.
IV. The Ottoman Empire enters
the war.
a. I, II, III,
IV
b. II, IV, III, I
c. IV, III, II,
I
d. IV, II, III, I
e. III, II, IV, I
19. Which was NOT one of President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points?
a. no secret
treaties.
b. freedom of the seas.
c. free
trade.
d. independence for all German colonies.
e. autonomy for the peoples of the Austrian and Ottoman empires.
20. As a result of the war, all of these empires ended EXCEPT
a. the
French
b. the Ottoman
c. the
Austro-Hungarian
d. the Russian
e. the German