Question

Multiple Choice: Please select the best answer and click "submit."

Read this passage from a historical narrative about World War I:

World War I had significant consequences for Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. The large Austro-Hungarian Empire was split up into several small independent nation-states. Nearly all of the Ottoman Empire's territory was divided up among the victorious Allied powers. Russia's government had fallen to a communist revolution during the war. The once-powerful Germany was forced to accept blame for the war, pay large sums of money to the Allied powers, and give up territory.
Which statement best describes the passage's main idea?
A. The Allied powers treated their defeated enemies unfairly after World War I.
B. Many countries emerged from World War I much weaker than they were before the war.
C. Only Russia emerged from World War I with a communist form of government.
D. World War I was more destructive for Austria-Hungary than for any other country.

Answer 1

B because the paragraph mostly talks about those countries being split up and weakened. This means that many countries emerged from World War I much weaker than they were before the war.

Answer 2

Answer:

B

Explanation:

The main idea of the passage is to portrait the fall of the old empires, and the weakness that prevailed in the losers. Austria and Hungary would never recover  status as a European power, while Germany would linger until the new Weimar Republic was firmly established, and the Ottomans would evolve into the modern Republic of Turkey, abandoning the sense of a universal Muslim power. Russia emerged weaker, for  even though in Hungary and Germany communist uprisings materialized in 1918-1919 none could survive, thus leaving Russia as a sole beacon of communism, isolated and attacked from all fronts (the Allies would send troops and the Civil War would begin with the emergence of the White Army) and losing territory to Poland, the Baltic states and Finland.