27. THE COLD WAR AND THE REMAKING OF EUROPE, 1945

Quiz for Seeing History for Chapter 27

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1. What cold war message from the NATO allies might this image serve to contradict?

That Soviet people are oppressed and backward

That Soviet people take comfort in private life

That Soviet people never had such easy lives as during the postwar period

That Soviet people spent their lives in frivolous ways

2. What message does this advertisement show to the Soviet consumer?

No work needs to be done any more now that the war is over.

Life in the Soviet Union is exactly like life in the United States.

Life in the Soviet Union is informed and peaceful, unlike life in the United States.

People in the Soviet Union can pack their homes with consumer goods and be dazzling just like people in the United States.

3. What does the advertisement say about fashion in the Soviet Union?

It is shabby and drab.

It is plain but attractive.

It is somewhat outrageous.

It is unisex.