I do not know any of the answers since I did not read the passage, the next time you could put a link to the passage so it's better to comprehend. That's my best suggestion.
I suggest: Put some context and background knowledge <em>before</em> putting the questions themselves for people to answer. If you don't do that, then people would be coming into this blindly.
Answer:
The economies of most European nations were in very poor shape
Explanation:
At the end of the war, millions of people were dead and millions more homeless, the European economy had collapsed, and much of the European industrial infrastructure had been destroyed. The Soviet Union, too, had been heavily affected.
Answer:
No
Explanation: They are saying people have rights
The saying a hungry man is an angry man is really true. the whole point of doing what they did was basically to keep the masses mind occupied and to cancel any form or rebellion peacefully.