FINAL EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS

ID'S:

COMTE, HEGEL, DARWIN, NIETZSCHE, MARX, ROMANTICISM, REALISM, DOSTOYEVSKY, NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND, DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN

SCHLIEFFEN PLAN, RISK THEORY, BALKANS, TRENCH WARFARE, ARMENIANS, WOODROW WILSON, VERSAILLES TREATY

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, LENIN, STALIN, HARVEST OF DESPAIR, MUSSOLINI, NATIONAL SOCIALISM, HITLER, WORLD WAR II, HOLOCAUST, (NIGHT), (WIESEL), (YALTA), (POTSDAM)

PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, LEBANON, PALESTINE, ALGERIA, ZAIRE, UGANDA, VIETNAM, CAMBODIA

ATONAL MUSIC, ALEATORIC MUSIC, DADA, SURREALISM, CUBISM, POP ART, T.S. ELIOT, JAMES JOYCE, BECKETT, IONESCO, SARTRE, BRECHT, (ARABEL)

ESSAYS:

1.  Most 19th century European thinkers, artists, and writers were convinced that their century was an age of progress, but it is not at all clear that what some of these men called progress was such a good thing after all.  Comment.

2.  World War I is an excellent example of the senseless violence of the 20th century.  Comment.

3.  The rise of totalitarian movements like Communism, Fascism, and National Socialism is probably the most troubling development of the 20th century.  Comment.  (Note: in commenting on this generalization, I'd like you to discuss totalitarian regimes before, during, and after World War II).

4.  The break-up of the European colonial empires may turn out to be a good thing in the long run, but the transition from colonial rule to independence was a difficult and sometimes horrible process for the countries involved.  Comment.