World history/WHME102/Russia and Italy/Review

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.

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!