Quiz Answers

Visual Arts

1. Which was NOT a principle or characteristic of the Ashcan School?
a. unsentimental realism
b. incorporating social commentary into their work
c. depicting buildings rather than people
d. painting scenes “from the ground up”

2. Why was the 1913 Armory Show so significant?
a. Public opposition and low turnout led to the quick suppression of controversial visual-art movements such as Cubism and art deco.
b. It introduced innovative new American principles of art to European schools.
c. It heralded a resurgence of the popularity of Impressionistic art in America.
d. Despite initial controversy, it led to the growth of new, more idea-oriented aesthetic principles in American art.

3. Which of these painters was a part of the Harlem Renaissance?
a. John Singer Sargent
b. Aaron Douglas
c. Stuart Davis
d. Ben Shahn

Music

4. What is the relationship between ragtime and jazz?
a. ragtime was the more experimental form of jazz
b. ragtime was played by mainly black musicians, while jazz was dominated by white musicians
c. ragtime was the precursor to jazz
d. no relationship—they were entirely different forms of music

5. Charles Ives is most well-known for
a. his daring experimentation with be-bop
b. his extremely American consciousness
c. his imitation of European classical music
d. adherence to traditional techniques

6. Dances like the turkey trot and tango were
a. inspired by ragtime music
b. a major departure from dances in the 1880s and 90s
c. widely dismissed as trashy and vulgar
d. all of the above

Celebrities

7. This person was a famous painter:
a. Ezra Pound
b. Georgia O’ Keeffe
c. Margaret Sanger
d. Billy Sunday

8. Which was not a member of the big four?
a. Woodrow Wilson
b. Vittorio Orlando
c. Edward House
d. David Lloyd George

9. President Theodore Roosevelt was famous for all of the following except:
a. pragmatism
b. big-stick diplomacy
c. the Roosevelt Corollary
d. winning the Nobel Peace Prize

Fashion

10. What is a corset?
a. A restrictive women’s undergarment used to achieve an unnatural figure.
b. A small vest worn under an overcoat.
c. A coarse woolen dress.

11. The Oxford tie was worn by ____.
a. Men
b. Women
c. Men and Women

12. The invention of the sowing machine lead to ____
a. Simple homemade clothes.
b. Excessive decoration of clothes
c. The wearing of corsets

Architecture

13. Which style of architecture was based on Greek architecture?
a. Art Deco
b. Neo-classical
c. Pueblo Revival
d. International

14. Which style of was a mixture of Native American architecture and Spanish architecture?
a. Art Deco
b. Neo-classical
c. Pueblo Revival
d. International

15. Which style of architecture emphasized vertical lines?
a. Art Deco
b. Neo-classical
c. Pueblo Revival
d. International

Entertainment

16. Why did many people think that talking movies would be a failure when they were first introduced in 1920?
a. the technology was too advanced for the time
b. the sound quality was poor
c. they weren’t as exciting as silent films
d. they could only cater to one ethnic group

17. Why did women join bicycling clubs in the early 1900s?
a. because it was an exciting new hobby
b. because health and fitness became more fashionable
c. because not enough roller skates were being made to satisfy demands
d. because it was a requirement of the Miss America contestants

18. What was the most popular sport in America after 1915?
a. baseball
b. bareknuckle prizefighting
c. croquet
d. bicycling