Question 1

Compare Charles Sheeler's Classical Landscape with Georgia O'Keeffe's Red Hills and Bones

Accepted Answer

NO Answer

Question 2

How did New York's white population support the Harlem cultural resurgence?

Accepted Answer

A) Investing in black-owned businesses 
B) Financing revitalization of Harlem apartments 
C) Buying blacks' art and frequenting the clubs 
D) Supporting black-owned publication houses 
A) Investing in black-owned businesses 
B) Financing revitalization of Harlem apartments 
C) Buying blacks' art and frequenting the clubs 
D) Supporting black-owned publication houses C

Question 3

Why were whites stunned during the 1919 "Red Summer" riots?

Accepted Answer

A) Blacks fought back 
B) Blacks attacked whites 
C) Blacks passively resisted 
D) Blacks carried guns 
A) Blacks fought back 
B) Blacks attacked whites 
C) Blacks passively resisted 
D) Blacks carried guns A

Question 4

Compare the architecture philosophies of the International Style and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Accepted Answer

The architecture philosophies of the Int

Question 5

Why did Charles Steeler title his painting of the Ford factory Classical Landscape?

Accepted Answer

A) The title of the polluted scene is meant to evoke irony 
B) Ford designed the factory to resemble the Parthenon 
C) The factory evokes classical Greek and Roman architecture 
D) He proportioned the building according to the Golden Ratio 
A) The title of the polluted scene is meant to evoke irony 
B) Ford designed the factory to resemble the Parthenon 
C) The factory evokes classical Greek and Roman architecture 
D) He proportioned the building according to the Golden Ratio

Question 6

How did Bessie Smith distinguish her blues songs?

Accepted Answer

A) Expanding the band to include a saxophone 
B) Introducing a call-and-response chorus 
C) Adding a chromatic note before a line's last note 
D) Singing entirely in the lower blue note 
A) Expanding the band to include a saxophone 
B) Introducing a call-and-response chorus 
C) Adding a chromatic note before a line's last note 
D) Singing entirely in the lower blue note

Question 7

Matching

Accepted Answer

29-e,30-d,

Question 8

Why is William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury considered one of the most daring uses of stream of consciousness in modern fiction?

Accepted Answer

A) It's told from the viewpoints of 15 different characters 
B) One of its narrators is intellectually disabled 
C) Its interior monologues span multiple generations 
D) One of its narrators is a victim of rape 
A) It's told from the viewpoints of 15 different characters 
B) One of its narrators is intellectually disabled 
C) Its interior monologues span multiple generations 
D) One of its narrators is a victim of rape

Question 9

Recalling Gertrude Stein's pronouncement that "You are all a lost generation" (Chap.35),show how that sense of alienation appears in the main characters of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.

Accepted Answer

In both The Great Gatsby and The Sun Als

Question 10

Who among the following was not a major early film star?

Accepted Answer

A) Mary Pickford 
B) Douglas Fairbanks 
C) Catherine Barkley 
D) Charlie Chaplin 
A) Mary Pickford 
B) Douglas Fairbanks 
C) Catherine Barkley 
D) Charlie Chaplin

Question 11

What typically are the subjects of blues songs?

Accepted Answer

A) Loss and injustice 
B) Deferred dreams 
C) Home and family 
D) Violence and death 
A) Loss and injustice 
B) Deferred dreams 
C) Home and family 
D) Violence and death

Question 12

Why was the white-audience-only club in Harlem named the Cotton Club?

Accepted Answer

A) Blacks worked and performed there 
B) Its bands played predominantly Dixieland 
C) It evoked leisurely plantation life 
D) Its owner made his fortune selling cotton 
A) Blacks worked and performed there 
B) Its bands played predominantly Dixieland 
C) It evoked leisurely plantation life 
D) Its owner made his fortune selling cotton

Question 13

As discussed in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,why did Adolph Hitler ban abstract art?

Accepted Answer

A) For including works done by Jewish artists 
B) For representing dissolution of the established 
C) For not representing subjects realistically 
D) For rejecting propagandistic symbolism 
A) For including works done by Jewish artists 
B) For representing dissolution of the established 
C) For not representing subjects realistically 
D) For rejecting propagandistic symbolism

Question 14

Why did Hollywood,CA,become the center of the movie industry?

Accepted Answer

A) Plentiful cheap Mexican labor 
B) Proximity to varied terrain 
C) Abundant inexpensive land 
D) Large manufacturing area 
A) Plentiful cheap Mexican labor 
B) Proximity to varied terrain 
C) Abundant inexpensive land 
D) Large manufacturing area

Question 15

According to W.E.B.Du Bois,what major problem did African Americans face at the turn of the century?

Accepted Answer

A) Oppression from whites 
B) Double-consciousness of self 
C) Lack of education 
D) Substandard living conditions 
A) Oppression from whites 
B) Double-consciousness of self 
C) Lack of education 
D) Substandard living conditions

Question 16

Identify and explain two reasons for America's infatuation with its distinct invention,the skyscraper.

Accepted Answer

There are several reasons for America's

Question 17

Why was Frank Lloyd Wright's inclusion in the International Style exhibition of 1922 ironic?

Accepted Answer

A) He despised the International Style 
B) He did not design skyscrapers 
C) He was working in Europe at that time 
D) He considered his designs too old-fashioned 
A) He despised the International Style 
B) He did not design skyscrapers 
C) He was working in Europe at that time 
D) He considered his designs too old-fashioned

Question 18

How did George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess bridge the gap between popular and high culture?

Accepted Answer

A) It blends jazz and blues with orchestras and arias 
B) It has been performed by jazz bands and opera companies 
C) It sets the plot of Romeo and Juliet in Harlem 
D) It was the first Broadway musical to use a jazz band 
A) It blends jazz and blues with orchestras and arias 
B) It has been performed by jazz bands and opera companies 
C) It sets the plot of Romeo and Juliet in Harlem 
D) It was the first Broadway musical to use a jazz band

Question 19

Define genre film,and list three types popularized during the 1920s.Then identify three modern films that can be considered genre films.Then explain two reasons for the continuing appeal of the genre film.

Accepted Answer

Genre film refers to a category of film

Question 20

Why did the more experimental,avant-garde films develop in Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) European films contained more symbolism 
B) Europeans lacked financing of the major studios 
C) Europeans viewed film as a form of high art 
D) European film focused more on mood and feeling 
A) European films contained more symbolism 
B) Europeans lacked financing of the major studios 
C) Europeans viewed film as a form of high art 
D) European film focused more on mood and feeling

Compare Charles Sheeler's Classical Landscape with Georgia O'Keeffe's Red Hills and Bones

How did New York's white population support the Harlem cultural resurgence?

Why were whites stunned during the 1919 "Red Summer" riots?

Compare the architecture philosophies of the International Style and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Why did Charles Steeler title his painting of the Ford factory Classical Landscape?

How did Bessie Smith distinguish her blues songs?

Matching

Why is William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury considered one of the most daring uses of stream of consciousness in modern fiction?

Recalling Gertrude Stein's pronouncement that "You are all a lost generation" (Chap.35),show how that sense of alienation appears in the main characters of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.

Who among the following was not a major early film star?

What typically are the subjects of blues songs?

Why was the white-audience-only club in Harlem named the Cotton Club?

As discussed in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,why did Adolph Hitler ban abstract art?

Why did Hollywood,CA,become the center of the movie industry?

According to W.E.B.Du Bois,what major problem did African Americans face at the turn of the century?

Identify and explain two reasons for America's infatuation with its distinct invention,the skyscraper.

Why was Frank Lloyd Wright's inclusion in the International Style exhibition of 1922 ironic?

How did George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess bridge the gap between popular and high culture?

Define genre film,and list three types popularized during the 1920s.Then identify three modern films that can be considered genre films.Then explain two reasons for the continuing appeal of the genre film.

Why did the more experimental,avant-garde films develop in Europe?

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The Romantic World View: the Self in Nature and the Nature of Self

Industry and the Working Class: a New Realism

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The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe

The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America

The Fin De Siècle: Toward the Modern

The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World

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The Age of Anxiety: Fascism and Depression holocaust and Bomb

After the War: Existential Doubt, artistic Triumph, and the Culture of Consumption

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Exam 35: New York skyscraper Culture and the Jazz Age: Making It New

Compare Charles Sheeler's Classical Landscape with Georgia O'Keeffe's Red Hills and Bones

How did New York's white population support the Harlem cultural resurgence?

Why were whites stunned during the 1919 "Red Summer" riots?

Compare the architecture philosophies of the International Style and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Why did Charles Steeler title his painting of the Ford factory Classical Landscape?

How did Bessie Smith distinguish her blues songs?

Matching

Why is William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury considered one of the most daring uses of stream of consciousness in modern fiction?

Recalling Gertrude Stein's pronouncement that "You are all a lost generation" (Chap.35),show how that sense of alienation appears in the main characters of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.

Who among the following was not a major early film star?

What typically are the subjects of blues songs?

Why was the white-audience-only club in Harlem named the Cotton Club?

As discussed in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,why did Adolph Hitler ban abstract art?

Why did Hollywood,CA,become the center of the movie industry?

According to W.E.B.Du Bois,what major problem did African Americans face at the turn of the century?

Identify and explain two reasons for America's infatuation with its distinct invention,the skyscraper.

Why was Frank Lloyd Wright's inclusion in the International Style exhibition of 1922 ironic?

How did George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess bridge the gap between popular and high culture?

Define genre film,and list three types popularized during the 1920s.Then identify three modern films that can be considered genre films.Then explain two reasons for the continuing appeal of the genre film.

Why did the more experimental,avant-garde films develop in Europe?

The Baroque in Italy: The Church and Its Appeal

The Secular Baroque in the North: The Art of Observation

The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage

The Rise of the Enlightenment in England: The Claims of Reason

The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent: Privilege and Reason

The Rights of Man: Revolution and the Neoclassical Style

The Romantic World View: the Self in Nature and the Nature of Self

Industry and the Working Class: a New Realism

Global Confrontation and Civil War: Challenges to Cultural Identity

In Pursuit of Modernity: Paris in the 1850s and 1860s

The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe

The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America

The Fin De Siècle: Toward the Modern

The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World

The Great War and Its Impact: a Lost Generation and a New Imagination

The Age of Anxiety: Fascism and Depression holocaust and Bomb

After the War: Existential Doubt, artistic Triumph, and the Culture of Consumption

Multiplicity and Diversity: Cultures of Liberation and Identity in the 1960s and 1970s

Without Boundaries: Multiple Meanings in a Postmodern World

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