History 389. Test 1History 389. Test 1

Write identification-essays on:Write identification-essays on: AusgleichAusgleich František Palackŷ František Palackŷ Eastern Question Eastern Question Balkan WarsBalkan Wars Ilija GarašaninIlija Garašanin Roman DmowskiRoman Dmowski Berlin Congress 1878Berlin Congress 1878 Corfu DeclarationCorfu Declaration Kosovo BattleKosovo Battle Fourteen PointsFourteen Points

History 389 Test 2History 389 Test 2Respond to Respond to oneone of the following: of the following:

1. The political and economic structure1. The political and economic structure of the “successor-states” bore a close resemblance to the old imperial order in that they emerged as largely “incomplete” -- lacking stable economic base and split between dominant and dominated groups that shared the same, relatively poor territories. Support your arguments with Support your arguments with specific examples.specific examples.

2. The Versailles peace settlement in Eastern Europe was not the 2. The Versailles peace settlement in Eastern Europe was not the best solution. Yet, it was the best that could be obtained under best solution. Yet, it was the best that could be obtained under the circumstances. Support your assertions with specific the circumstances. Support your assertions with specific examples.examples. Support your arguments with specific examples.Support your arguments with specific examples.

3. The Great Depression was largely responsible for the fact that 3. The Great Depression was largely responsible for the fact that democracy did not take deeper roots in interwar Eastern Europe. democracy did not take deeper roots in interwar Eastern Europe. Support your assertions with specific examples.Support your assertions with specific examples.

4. In your opinion, was the shift to authoritarianism and radicalism 4. In your opinion, was the shift to authoritarianism and radicalism in interwar Eastern Europe a consequence of primarily internal in interwar Eastern Europe a consequence of primarily internal social and national frustrations or of external pressures and social and national frustrations or of external pressures and influences? Support your assertions with specific examples.influences? Support your assertions with specific examples.

History 389 Test 3History 389 Test 3Write 2 (two) identification-essays on:

Horthy DimitrovTeheran Conference TitoComintern UstašeMunich Conference Katyn’ Antonescu Molotov-Ribbentrop PactWarsaw uprising 1944 Enver HoxhaWarsaw ghetto “Salami” tactics

History 389 Test 4History 389 Test 4Write a responseWrite a response p paper (1 typed, single-aper (1 typed, single-

spaced page) in regards to the following:spaced page) in regards to the following:

Some film critics have argued that the film Interrogation reflected a popular adage – “although the Allies won World War II, the people of Eastern Europe lost the peace.” In your opinion, how accurate is such argument? Was the Antonina’s tragedy an exceptional case or it reflected the history of Eastern Europe at a particular time-frame? Support your assertions with specific examples.

“Interrogation” - film’s main characters:

Antonina (Tonia) Dziwisz Major Zawada (chief interrogator) Lieutenant Morawski (2nd

interrogator) Witkowska (the communist cellmate) Mira Szainert (the Jewish cellmate) Honorata (the peasant cellmate) Major Kazimierz Olcha (Tonia’s friend

and the major “conspirator”) Konstanty Dziwisz (Tonia’s husband)

Final TestRespond to the following:

1. Historians termed the 1960s-1970s period a “social contract” between the East European governments and societies, referring to the time of relative political relaxation and economic stability. Do you agree with such assessment? Support your assertions with specific examples.

2. Before the 1980s with the exception of Poland communism was never seriously challenged in Eastern Europe. Why? Support your assertions with specific examples.

3. Despite strict censorship, the cultural and artistic achievements of East Europe under communism were quite impressive. Support your assertions with specific examples.

4. In 1989 the Eastern European revolutions transpired simultaneously and almost in an identical fashion. Why? Support your assertions with specific examples.

5. According to a leading British politician, the brutal civil wars of the 1990s in Yugoslavia were “a product of impersonal and inevitable forces beyond anyone’s control.” Do you agree with such statement? Support your assertions with specific examples.

6. In your opinion, which social group benefited most from the open market system in the post-communist East Europe? Support your assertions with specific examples.

7. Are the minority policies of the post-communist East Europe different from those of the interwar period? Support your assertions with specific examples.

8. In your opinion, which East European country could be called a “success story” in regards to its relative prosperity and political stability in the post-communist era? Support your assertions with specific examples.