Answers and Explanations for AP European History Practice Test 2 (^) ‹ 275
C is incorrect because, in Article III of the
treaty, Russia surrendered the eastern part of its
empire (Poland, Ukraine, Finland, and the Baltic
Provinces) to Germany.
- C. The passage indicates that Morris had dedi-
cated himself to his “hope of [modern civiliza-
tion’s] destruction” and “its supplanting by
Socialism.” A is incorrect because the passage
does not refer to a dedication to the spread of
mechanical power in industry. B is incorrect
because the passage does not refer to transform-
ing Britain into a commonwealth. D is incorrect
because the passage does not refer to the spread
of liberal democracy. - A. The passage indicates that Morris turned to
socialism because he was deeply disturbed by
modern civilization’s “waste of mechanical power”
and “its stupendous organization—for the misery
of life!” B is incorrect because the passage makes
no reference to Marx’s arguments. C is incorrect
because the passage indicates that Morris thought
it was the past “struggles of mankind,” not social-
ism, that had produced “nothing but this sordid,
aimless, ugly confusion.” D is incorrect because
the passage indicates that his “deep love of the
earth and the life on it” was one reason that he
chose to embrace socialism, not reject it. - D. The passage calls for the removal by force
of Alexander Kerensky’s provisional govern-
ment, which was the initial act of the October
Revolution in Russia in 1917. A is incorrect
because Russia had entered World War I in 1914.
B is incorrect because the February Revolution
in Russia led to the establishment of Kerensky’s
provisional government, not its fall from power.
C is incorrect because Russia withdrew from
World War I only after Lenin’s Bolsheviks had
replaced Kerensky’s provisional government. - C. The passage asserts that the Bolsheviks had to
seize power immediately from Kerensky and the
provisional government. A is incorrect because
the passage makes no reference to a new military
offensive. B is incorrect because the passage asserts
that the Bolsheviks had to seize power immedi-
ately from Kerensky and the provisional govern-
ment, not that Kerensky had to move against the
Bolsheviks. D is incorrect because the passage
makes no reference to military rule and because
the concept of military rule was antithetical to
Lenin’s political beliefs.- C. The passage asserts that life has a physical
basis; that is, it possesses “no properties but
those of ordinary matter.” A is incorrect because
the passage states that “the conception of life as
a something which works through matter” is a
commonly held but incorrect view. B is incorrect
because the passage makes no reference to life as
a philosophical notion. D is incorrect because
the passage asserts that life has a “physical basis,”
not a supernatural one. - B. Huxley’s view that life has a physical (that is, a
material) basis is representative of the nineteenth-
century ideology of materialism, which held
that nothing exists except matter. A is incorrect
because the passage does not represent the nine-
teenth-century ideology of anarchism, a politi-
cal ideology that advocated stateless societies.
C is incorrect because the passage also does not
represent conservatism, a political ideology that
advocated respect for tradition in the face of exter-
nal forces for change. D is incorrect because the
passage does not represent romanticism, which
urged the cultivation of sentiment and emotion
by reconnecting with nature and the past. - B. Weisel asserts that his German audience was
“responsible, not for the past, but for the way it
remembers the past.” A is incorrect because the
passage indicates that Weisel “never believed in
collective guilt.” C is incorrect because in the pas-
sage Weisel asserts that his German audience was
not responsible for the past. D is incorrect because
Weisel asserts that his German audience was
responsible “for the way it remembers the past.” - A. The passage asserts that remembering the
Holocaust is necessary for “coming to terms”
with and finding “redemption” for Germany’s
past. B is incorrect because the passage inti-
mates that remembering the Holocaust would
promote healing among the German people,
not hinder it. C is incorrect because the passage
does not assert that remembering the Holocaust
could ensure that it never happened again. D is
incorrect, because the passage does not mention
Jewish forgiveness of the German people.
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