quiz covers Chapters 29 and 30 World Cultures II

Course World Cultures II
Test Week 6 Quiz 5 (40 pts)
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Instructions This quiz covers Chapters 29 and 30. This course has similar weekly quizzes in weeks 2-11. This quiz has ten questions (5 per chapter) drawn from a large question pool; each question is worth four points. The questions are based on last week’s reading assignment, so it normally is wise to take this quiz early in this week while that reading is fresh in mind.
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  • Question 1

4 out of 4 points

Both Britain and France sided with the South prior to the Civil War, because
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the economies of those countries depended on Southern cotton.

Correct Answer:  

the economies of those countries depended on Southern cotton.

  • Question 2

4 out of 4 points

In The Veteran in a New Field, Winslow Homer creates a sense of optimism by
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bathing the scene in glowing golden light.

Correct Answer:  

bathing the scene in glowing golden light.

  • Question 3

4 out of 4 points

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was inspired by
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the death and burial of her young son.

Correct Answer:  

the death and burial of her young son.

  • Question 4

4 out of 4 points

In A Visit from the Old Mistress, Winslow Homer portrays the old mistress dressed in black and the former slaves in white to
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heighten the tension of the scene.

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heighten the tension of the scene.

  • Question 5

4 out of 4 points

What about America attracted artist Thomas Cole that he claimed had “long since been destroyed or modified” in Europe?
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the wilderness

Correct Answer:  

the wilderness

  • Question 6

4 out of 4 points

George Sand challenged sexual stereotypes by
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using a man’s name and dressing as a man.

Correct Answer:  

using a man’s name and dressing as a man.

  • Question 7

4 out of 4 points

Why did Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann’s redesign cause the working class to move outside the city?
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Their neighborhoods were destroyed.

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Their neighborhoods were destroyed.

  • Question 8

4 out of 4 points

Due to the 1848 revolutions across Europe, which  group gained more rights?
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Jews

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Jews

  • Question 9

4 out of 4 points

In Katsushika Hokusai’s The Great Wave, the distant Mount Fuji represents
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the immortality of the natural world.

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the immortality of the natural world.

  • Question 10

4 out of 4 points

Liberalism was based upon the values of
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equality and freedom.

Correct Answer:  

equality and freedom.