European History - A Miscellany

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1. Why did the Bolshevists storm the Winter Palace in the October Revolution of 1917? In order to rid Russia of all reminders of the Romanovs In order to depose Nicholas II In order to overthrow the Provisional Government, which was based there As a purely theatrical show of strength

2. The European colonial powers tried to justify the "Scramble for Africa" (c. 1880-1895) by using the slogan "Manifest Destiny". True False

3. In 1934, following the death of Hindenburg, all members of the German armed forces had to swear an oath of loyalty to Hitler. There was something very odd about the oath. What was it? It made no reference to God There was no reference to any successor The oath had to be taken in open air There was no reference to Germany

4. When was the Church of England founded? 664 (Synod of Whitby) There is no agreement on the date 1571 (Completion of the Eliazbethan Settlement) 1534 (Act of Supremacy - the monarch is made Supreme Governor of the Church)

5. Which of these ghettos, liberated by Napoleon, was reimposed after 1814? Rome Frankfurt Venice They were all reimposed

6. In 1420 Henry V entered Paris in the Hundred Years' War. The next foreign monarch to enter the city as a conquerer was Tsar Alexander I in 1814. True False

7. This island was settled by the Ancient Greeks, became part of the Roman Empire, passed to Byzantium but was then ruled by the Arabs from about 727-1061, when it was conquered by the Normans. Which of these is it? Crete Malta Cyprus Sicily

8. Who first said: "Property is theft"? Marx Proudhon Montesquieu Student protestors in the 1960s

9. How many major uprisings, commemorated internationally, were there in Warsaw while the city was under Nazi occupation? Two Three One Four

10. When did the Allies conclude a peace treaty with Germany after WWII? 1990 1949 1947 1972