Question 1

Why does New York Coty's Chrysler Building have stainless steel eagle gargoyles?

Accepted Answer

A) Add height to the skyscraper 
B) Symbolize United States' superiority 
C) Provide terraces for its occupants 
D) Replicate Chrysler hood ornament 
A) Add height to the skyscraper 
B) Symbolize United States' superiority 
C) Provide terraces for its occupants 
D) Replicate Chrysler hood ornament

Question 2

Define W.E.B Du Bois' "double consciousness" of the African Americans,and show how that "double consciousness" presents itself in two of the following from the 1920s-1930s: literature,visual art,music.

Accepted Answer

W.E.B Du Bois' concept of "double consci

Question 3

Which of the following is not a genre of film that was popularized by the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A) Comedy 
B) Musical 
C) Western 
D) Gangster 
A) Comedy 
B) Musical 
C) Western 
D) Gangster

Question 4

Why were between 75 and 90 percent of the films shown in Europe made in America?

Accepted Answer

A) Europeans were fascinated with American culture 
B) Banks refused to loan money to post-war European studios 
C) The most popular stars were under contract in America 
D) American films were more profitable than European ones 
A) Europeans were fascinated with American culture 
B) Banks refused to loan money to post-war European studios 
C) The most popular stars were under contract in America 
D) American films were more profitable than European ones

Question 5

What artistic movement do the quilts of Gee's Bend,AL,resemble?

Accepted Answer

A) Impressionism 
B) Cubism 
C) Fauvism 
D) Modern abstract 
A) Impressionism 
B) Cubism 
C) Fauvism 
D) Modern abstract

Question 6

Identify and explain two ways the films made in 1920s Hollywood differ from those made in Europe during the same era.

Accepted Answer

One way that films made in 1920s Hollywo

Question 7

Which of the following is not a reason African Americans migrated from the South in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A) Southern crop devastation 
B) Escape from Jim Crow laws 
C) Northern labor demand 
D) Education opportunities 
A) Southern crop devastation 
B) Escape from Jim Crow laws 
C) Northern labor demand 
D) Education opportunities

Question 8

What types of subjects did William Carlos Williams use for his poems?

Accepted Answer

A) Commonplace,everyday 
B) Horrors of disease 
C) Religion and faith 
D) Wonders of technology 
A) Commonplace,everyday 
B) Horrors of disease 
C) Religion and faith 
D) Wonders of technology

Question 9

What characterized the new architecture known as the International Style?

Accepted Answer

A) Great height and decorative style 
B) Highly stylized forms and exotic materials 
C) Plain geometries and austere design 
D) Machine parts used as décor 
A) Great height and decorative style 
B) Highly stylized forms and exotic materials 
C) Plain geometries and austere design 
D) Machine parts used as décor

Question 10

List and explain three reasons Harlem became a destination of choice for the 1920 Great Migration of southern African Americans

Accepted Answer

1. Job Opportunities: Harlem offered a v

Question 11

Why did Frank Lloyd Wright dislike the International Style?

Accepted Answer

A) Too artificial 
B) Too massive 
C) Too European 
D) Too uniform 
A) Too artificial 
B) Too massive 
C) Too European 
D) Too uniform

Question 12

Who coined the phrase "Jazz Age" to describe 1920s America?

Accepted Answer

A) Ernest Hemingway 
B) F.Scott Fitzgerald 
C) William Faulkner 
D) Hart Crane 
A) Ernest Hemingway 
B) F.Scott Fitzgerald 
C) William Faulkner 
D) Hart Crane

Question 13

Compare the symbolism of the machine in E.E.Cummings' "she being brand" and William Carlos Williams's "The Great Figure."

Accepted Answer

In E.E. Cummings' "she being brand," the

Question 14

What label did her contemporary critics place on Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings?

Accepted Answer

A) Southwestern 
B) Feminine 
C) Erotic 
D) Schizophrenic 
A) Southwestern 
B) Feminine 
C) Erotic 
D) Schizophrenic

Question 15

Why were male audiences drawn to the monstrous characters played by horror genre-actor Lon Chaney?

Accepted Answer

A) Identification with the characters' alienation 
B) Symbolic catharsis for aggressive tendencies 
C) Vicarious ability to triumph over evil 
D) Erotic stimulation of subjugating women 
A) Identification with the characters' alienation 
B) Symbolic catharsis for aggressive tendencies 
C) Vicarious ability to triumph over evil 
D) Erotic stimulation of subjugating women

Question 16

According to the first-person narrator of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby,what is Jay Gatsby's great tragedy?

Accepted Answer

A) Lusting for a married woman 
B) Amassing wealth through illegal means 
C) Believing in the American Dream 
D) Rejecting of his working-class roots 
A) Lusting for a married woman 
B) Amassing wealth through illegal means 
C) Believing in the American Dream 
D) Rejecting of his working-class roots

Question 17

Why was Ernest Hemingway judged unfit for military service in World War I?

Accepted Answer

A) Flat feet 
B) Mental instability 
C) Alcoholic 
D) Poor eyesight 
A) Flat feet 
B) Mental instability 
C) Alcoholic 
D) Poor eyesight

Question 18

What do skyscrapers,a distinct American invention,predominantly symbolize?

Accepted Answer

A) American manufacturing skill 
B) Corporate power and prestige 
C) American male dominance 
D) Ostentatious wealth 
A) American manufacturing skill 
B) Corporate power and prestige 
C) American male dominance 
D) Ostentatious wealth

Why does New York Coty's Chrysler Building have stainless steel eagle gargoyles?

Define W.E.B Du Bois' "double consciousness" of the African Americans,and show how that "double consciousness" presents itself in two of the following from the 1920s-1930s: literature,visual art,music.

Which of the following is not a genre of film that was popularized by the 1920s?

Why were between 75 and 90 percent of the films shown in Europe made in America?

What artistic movement do the quilts of Gee's Bend,AL,resemble?

Identify and explain two ways the films made in 1920s Hollywood differ from those made in Europe during the same era.

Which of the following is not a reason African Americans migrated from the South in the 1920s?

What types of subjects did William Carlos Williams use for his poems?

What characterized the new architecture known as the International Style?

List and explain three reasons Harlem became a destination of choice for the 1920 Great Migration of southern African Americans

Why did Frank Lloyd Wright dislike the International Style?

Who coined the phrase "Jazz Age" to describe 1920s America?

Compare the symbolism of the machine in E.E.Cummings' "she being brand" and William Carlos Williams's "The Great Figure."

What label did her contemporary critics place on Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings?

Why were male audiences drawn to the monstrous characters played by horror genre-actor Lon Chaney?

According to the first-person narrator of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby,what is Jay Gatsby's great tragedy?

Why was Ernest Hemingway judged unfit for military service in World War I?

What do skyscrapers,a distinct American invention,predominantly symbolize?

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

Why does New York Coty's Chrysler Building have stainless steel eagle gargoyles?

Define W.E.B Du Bois' "double consciousness" of the African Americans,and show how that "double consciousness" presents itself in two of the following from the 1920s-1930s: literature,visual art,music.

Which of the following is not a genre of film that was popularized by the 1920s?

Why were between 75 and 90 percent of the films shown in Europe made in America?

What artistic movement do the quilts of Gee's Bend,AL,resemble?

Identify and explain two ways the films made in 1920s Hollywood differ from those made in Europe during the same era.

Which of the following is not a reason African Americans migrated from the South in the 1920s?

What types of subjects did William Carlos Williams use for his poems?

What characterized the new architecture known as the International Style?

List and explain three reasons Harlem became a destination of choice for the 1920 Great Migration of southern African Americans

Why did Frank Lloyd Wright dislike the International Style?

Who coined the phrase "Jazz Age" to describe 1920s America?

Compare the symbolism of the machine in E.E.Cummings' "she being brand" and William Carlos Williams's "The Great Figure."

What label did her contemporary critics place on Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings?

Why were male audiences drawn to the monstrous characters played by horror genre-actor Lon Chaney?

According to the first-person narrator of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby,what is Jay Gatsby's great tragedy?

Why was Ernest Hemingway judged unfit for military service in World War I?

What do skyscrapers,a distinct American invention,predominantly symbolize?

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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