World history/WHME102/Russia and Italy/Review

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The Rise of Totalitarian States: Russia and Italy

Complete the following quiz to review your knowledge from this learning pathway. This quiz will help students undertaking this course for credit to prepare for their test.

  • In the years immediately following the Bolshevik Revolution, Russia experienced:
    • famine
      • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the Aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
    • steep decline in industrial output
      • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the Aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
    • civil war
      • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the Aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
    • all of the above answers are correct
      • Correct. Well done!
  • The rapid rise of the Fascists to power in Italy can be explained by:
    • the longstanding unpopularity of the constitutional government, which worsened after the war
      • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on Fascist Italy to help you find the correct answer.
    • the government and King feared Fascism less than socialist revolution
      • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on Fascist Italy to help you find the correct answer.
    • many Italians wanted a strong government that could impose law and order and remove the threat of socialist revolution
      • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on Fascist Italy to help you find the correct answer.
    • all of the above answers are correct.
      • Correct. Well done!
  • Totalitarian regimes typically seek to control all facets of individuals' lives, except:
    • religion
      • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Age of Totalitarianism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
    • culture
      • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Age of Totalitarianism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
    • sport
      • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Age of Totalitarianism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
    • none of the above answers are correct
      • Correct. There are no exceptions!
  • In the Soviet Union under Stalin's rule, by 1938:
    • more than one million people were in prison
      • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the Age of Totalitarianism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
    • more than eight million people had been arrested and sent to the GULAG
      • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the Age of Totalitarianism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
    • close to 800,000 had been executed
      • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the Age of Totalitarianism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
    • all of the above answers are correct
      • Correct. Sadly, all of these statements are true.



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The Rise of Totalitarianism: Russia and Italy True/False Review Quiz

Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:

  • The Bolsheviks seized power in February 1917.
    • True
      • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Russian Revolution in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
    • False
      • Correct. Well done!
  • Most Russians were peasants until after the Russian Revolution.
    • True
      • Correct. Well done!
    • False
      • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Russian Revolution in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Marx claimed peasants were the true revolutionary class.
    • True
      • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Russian Revolution in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
    • False
      • Correct. Well done!
  • Russians were granted freedom of speech and religion after 1905.
    • True
      • Correct. Well done!
    • False
      • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Russian Revolution in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Between 1922-1928, there was a desparate struggle for power between Lenin and Stalin.
    • True
      • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
    • False
      • Correct. Well done!
  • The threatened 'March on Rome' was orchestrated by socialists in an unsuccessful attempt to provoke revolution in Italy.
    • True
      • Incorrect. Review the activity on Fascist Italy in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
    • False
      • Correct. Well done!