AP European History Practice Test 2, Section I, Part A (^) ‹ 261
- How can the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk best be
described?
A. As the result of the Bolsheviks’ need to end
the Russian war effort in order to consolidate
their revolutionary gains
B. As the result of corruption on the part of
Bolshevik leaders and collaboration with
Russian business interests
C. As the result of the breaking up of the Triple
Entente
D. As the result of French and British aid being
given to the so-called White Russians who
opposed the Bolshevik government - What was the result of Article III of the treaty?
.A The surrender of the western part of the
German Empire to the Russian Empire
. B The surrender of the eastern part of the German
Empire to the Russian Empire
C. The surrender of the western part of the
Russian Empire to the German Empire
D. The surrender of the eastern part of the Russian
Empire to the German Empire
Questions 46–47 refer to the passage below from the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.ARTICLE I: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey for the one part, and Russia for the other part,
declare that the state of war between them has ceased. They are resolved to live henceforth in peace and amity with
one another....
ARTICLE III: The territories lying to the west of the line agreed upon by the contracting parties, which formerly
belonged to Russia, will no longer be subject to Russian sovereignty; the line agreed upon is traced on the map
submitted as an essential part of this treaty of peace. The exact fixation of the line will be established by a Russo-
German commission.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, March 14, 1918- By 1896, Morris had dedicated himself to what
goal?
A. The spread of mechanical power in industry
B. The transformation of Britain into a com-
monwealth
C. The triumph of socialism
D. The spread of liberal democracy - What was Morris’s relationship to socialism?
A. He chose to become a socialist because he
was appalled by the great waste of resources
and general misery caused by modern society.
B. He chose to become a socialist because of the
persuasiveness of Marx’s arguments.
C. He rejected socialism because it produced
nothing but ugly confusion.
D. He rejected socialism because of a deep love
of the Earth and the life on it.
Questions 48 and 49 refer to the passage below.
Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern
civilization. What shall I say of it now, when the words are put into my mouth, my hope of its destruction—what
shall I say of its supplanting by Socialism?
What shall I say concerning its mastery of and its waste of mechanical power, its commonwealth so poor, its
enemies of the commonwealth so rich, its stupendous organization—for the misery of life! Its contempt of simple
pleasures which everyone could enjoy but for its folly? Its eyeless vulgarity which has destroyed art, the one certain
solace of labor? All this I felt then as now, but I did not know why it was so. The hope of the past times was gone,
the struggles of mankind for many ages had produced nothing but this sordid, aimless, ugly confusion; the immedi-
ate future seemed to me likely to intensify all the present evils by sweeping away the last survivals of the days before
the dull squalor of civilization had settled down on the world.
This was a bad look out indeed, and, if I may mention myself as a personality and not as a mere type, especially
so to a man of my disposition, careless of metaphysics and religion, as well as of scientific analysis, but with a deep
love of the earth and the life on it, and a passion for the history of the past of mankind.William Morris, How I Became a Socialist, 189626_Bartolini_QuesPrac2_243-268.indd 261 27/04/18 10:17 AM