Question 1

What African-American movement emerged in New York City in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A) The rise of the speakeasy 
B) The Harlem Renaissance 
C) The Black Power Movement 
D) The Civil Rights Movement 
A) The rise of the speakeasy 
B) The Harlem Renaissance 
C) The Black Power Movement 
D) The Civil Rights Movement

Question 2

According to Virginia Woolf, why have there not been more great women writers?

Accepted Answer

A) The expectations of family members 
B) The lack of social and economic support 
C) The lack of women in political positions 
D) The insufficient number of women's universities 
A) The expectations of family members 
B) The lack of social and economic support 
C) The lack of women in political positions 
D) The insufficient number of women's universities

Question 3

Who is the author of "The Second Coming"?

Accepted Answer

A) Wordsworth 
B) Yeats 
C) Keats 
D) Blake 
A) Wordsworth 
B) Yeats 
C) Keats 
D) Blake

Question 4

In what novel did Sinclair Lewis criticize American materialism?

Accepted Answer

A) Brave New World 
B) Babbit 
C) Remembrance of Things Past 
D) Ulysses 
A) Brave New World 
B) Babbit 
C) Remembrance of Things Past 
D) Ulysses

Question 5

What was the goal of the fictionalized society portrayed by Huxley in Brave New World? What warning does Huxley convey to his readers?

Accepted Answer

In Huxley's Brave New World, the goal of

Question 6

What subjects did Georgia O'Keefe include in her paintings?

Accepted Answer

A) Flowers and animal skulls 
B) Trains and airplanes 
C) Grid-like lines and blocks of color 
D) Scenes from American history 
A) Flowers and animal skulls 
B) Trains and airplanes 
C) Grid-like lines and blocks of color 
D) Scenes from American history

Question 7

In which novel did Aldous Huxley paint a bleak picture of the distant future of Western society?

Accepted Answer

A) The Trial 
B) Brave New World 
C) Babbitt 
D) A Room of One's Own 
A) The Trial 
B) Brave New World 
C) Babbitt 
D) A Room of One's Own

Question 8

What leading American composer and bandleader gained his fame at the Cotton Club in the 1920's?

Accepted Answer

A) Chet Baker 
B) Tommy Dorsey 
C) Lionel Hampton 
D) Duke Ellington 
A) Chet Baker 
B) Tommy Dorsey 
C) Lionel Hampton 
D) Duke Ellington

Question 9

_______________________ Musical form used in "King" Oliver's "West End Blues"

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ Musical form used in "King" Oliver's...

Question 10

What are some of the characteristics of the modernist temper in literature?

Accepted Answer

Characteristics of modernism i

Question 11

Which Depression-era photographer recorded the livestyles of the rural poor?

Accepted Answer

A) Margaret Bourke-White 
B) Leni Riefenstahl 
C) Dorothea Lange 
D) Alfred Eisenstaedt 
A) Margaret Bourke-White 
B) Leni Riefenstahl 
C) Dorothea Lange 
D) Alfred Eisenstaedt

Question 12

_______________________ Film director of Potemkin and Alexander Nevsky

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ Film director of Potemkin and Alexander...

Question 13

_______________________ Shift to a new key in music

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ Shift to a new key in...

Question 14

Who was the driving force behind ballet in Paris in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A) Sergei Eisenstein 
B) Serge Diaghilev 
C) Vaslav Nijinsky 
D) Anna Pavlova 
A) Sergei Eisenstein 
B) Serge Diaghilev 
C) Vaslav Nijinsky 
D) Anna Pavlova

Question 15

Which American opera, set in Catfish Row, blends jazz and classical music?

Accepted Answer

A) Porgy and Bess 
B) Rhapsody in Blue 
C) The Threepenny Opera 
D) Desire Under the Elms 
A) Porgy and Bess 
B) Rhapsody in Blue 
C) The Threepenny Opera 
D) Desire Under the Elms

Question 16

What span of time does James Joyce's Ulysses cover?

Accepted Answer

A) 1904-1905 
B) 1914-1918 
C) One day 
D) One hour 
A) 1904-1905 
B) 1914-1918 
C) One day 
D) One hour

Question 17

Where did the blues originate?

Accepted Answer

A) Paris 
B) America's deep south 
C) New York 
D) The American midwest 
A) Paris 
B) America's deep south 
C) New York 
D) The American midwest

Question 18

What movement used art to destroy art?

Accepted Answer

A) Realism 
B) Expressionism 
C) Dadaism 
D) Cubism 
A) Realism 
B) Expressionism 
C) Dadaism 
D) Cubism

Question 19

Which artistic characteristic is emphasized in Brancusi's sculptures?

Accepted Answer

A) Brilliant color 
B) Rugged texture 
C) Extreme simplification 
D) Complex oramentation 
A) Brilliant color 
B) Rugged texture 
C) Extreme simplification 
D) Complex oramentation

Question 20

What is the subject of many of Frida Kahlo's paintings?

Accepted Answer

A) herself 
B) animals 
C) flowers 
D) children 
A) herself 
B) animals 
C) flowers 
D) children

What African-American movement emerged in New York City in the 1920s?

According to Virginia Woolf, why have there not been more great women writers?

Who is the author of "The Second Coming"?

In what novel did Sinclair Lewis criticize American materialism?

What was the goal of the fictionalized society portrayed by Huxley in Brave New World? What warning does Huxley convey to his readers?

What subjects did Georgia O'Keefe include in her paintings?

In which novel did Aldous Huxley paint a bleak picture of the distant future of Western society?

What leading American composer and bandleader gained his fame at the Cotton Club in the 1920's?

_______________________ Musical form used in "King" Oliver's "West End Blues"

What are some of the characteristics of the modernist temper in literature?

Which Depression-era photographer recorded the livestyles of the rural poor?

_______________________ Film director of Potemkin and Alexander Nevsky

_______________________ Shift to a new key in music

Who was the driving force behind ballet in Paris in the 1920s?

Which American opera, set in Catfish Row, blends jazz and classical music?

What span of time does James Joyce's Ulysses cover?

Where did the blues originate?

What movement used art to destroy art?

Which artistic characteristic is emphasized in Brancusi's sculptures?

What is the subject of many of Frida Kahlo's paintings?

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The Renaissance in the Fifteenth Century

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Exam 18: Toward the Modern Era: 1870-1914

What African-American movement emerged in New York City in the 1920s?

According to Virginia Woolf, why have there not been more great women writers?

Who is the author of "The Second Coming"?

In what novel did Sinclair Lewis criticize American materialism?

What was the goal of the fictionalized society portrayed by Huxley in Brave New World? What warning does Huxley convey to his readers?

What subjects did Georgia O'Keefe include in her paintings?

In which novel did Aldous Huxley paint a bleak picture of the distant future of Western society?

What leading American composer and bandleader gained his fame at the Cotton Club in the 1920's?

_______________________ Musical form used in "King" Oliver's "West End Blues"

What are some of the characteristics of the modernist temper in literature?

Which Depression-era photographer recorded the livestyles of the rural poor?

_______________________ Film director of Potemkin and Alexander Nevsky

_______________________ Shift to a new key in music

Who was the driving force behind ballet in Paris in the 1920s?

Which American opera, set in Catfish Row, blends jazz and classical music?

What span of time does James Joyce's Ulysses cover?

Where did the blues originate?

What movement used art to destroy art?

Which artistic characteristic is emphasized in Brancusi's sculptures?

What is the subject of many of Frida Kahlo's paintings?

Beginnings

The Rise of Greece

Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Period

Rome

Ancient Civilizations of India and China

The Rise of the Biblical Tradition

Early Christianity: Ravenna and Byzantium

Islam

The Rise of Medieval Culture

The High Middle Ages

The Fourteenth Century: a Time of Transition

The Renaissance in the Fifteenth Century

The High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy

The High Renaissance in the North

The Seventeenth Century: the Baroque Era

The Eighteenth Century

Romanticism, Realism, and Photography

India, China, and Japan: From Medieval to Modern Times

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