Question 1
0 out of 2 points
During America's
Great Depression,
approximately
how much of the
national workforce
was unemployed?
Answer
Selected Answer:
One-fourth
Correct Answer:
One-third
Question 2
0 out of 2 points
As discussed in
the chapter's
"Continuity and
Change" section,
what economic
factor
distinguishes the
Bauhaus-design
Seagram Building
in New York City?
Answer
Selected Answer:
The building occupies less land due to its height
Correct Answer:
Every vertical foot above ground is rentable
Question 3
2 out of 2 points
Why did the
bourgeois German
youth flock to the
Wandervogel
, movement?
Answer
Selected Answer:
To recapture a premodern past
Correct Answer:
To recapture a premodern past
Question 4
2 out of 2 points
Why did the
Germans level the
Basque town of
Guernica in 1937?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Take out a bridge used by Spanish rebels
Correct Answer:
Take out a bridge used by Spanish rebels
Question 5
0 out of 2 points
Why did the Nazis
decry and later
burn Expressionist
still lifes?
Answer
Selected Answer:
For being created by Jewish artists
Correct Answer:
For not representing Nature realistically
Question 6
2 out of 2 points
Why most likely
did composer
Sergei Prokofiev
write the
, simplistic
symphonic fairy
tale Peter and the
Wolf?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Satisfy Soviet authorities who called his music too complicated
Correct Answer:
Satisfy Soviet authorities who called his music too complicated
Question 7
0 out of 2 points
How many Jews
are estimated to
have been
exterminated at
Auschwitz-
Birkenau?
Answer
Selected Answer:
444,000
Correct Answer:
1-2.5 million
Question 8
2 out of 2 points
Why did Adolph
Hitler claim Jews
were to blame for
what he perceived
as Germany's
post-World War I
moral decline?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Their association with communism
Correct Answer:
Their association with communism
0 out of 2 points
During America's
Great Depression,
approximately
how much of the
national workforce
was unemployed?
Answer
Selected Answer:
One-fourth
Correct Answer:
One-third
Question 2
0 out of 2 points
As discussed in
the chapter's
"Continuity and
Change" section,
what economic
factor
distinguishes the
Bauhaus-design
Seagram Building
in New York City?
Answer
Selected Answer:
The building occupies less land due to its height
Correct Answer:
Every vertical foot above ground is rentable
Question 3
2 out of 2 points
Why did the
bourgeois German
youth flock to the
Wandervogel
, movement?
Answer
Selected Answer:
To recapture a premodern past
Correct Answer:
To recapture a premodern past
Question 4
2 out of 2 points
Why did the
Germans level the
Basque town of
Guernica in 1937?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Take out a bridge used by Spanish rebels
Correct Answer:
Take out a bridge used by Spanish rebels
Question 5
0 out of 2 points
Why did the Nazis
decry and later
burn Expressionist
still lifes?
Answer
Selected Answer:
For being created by Jewish artists
Correct Answer:
For not representing Nature realistically
Question 6
2 out of 2 points
Why most likely
did composer
Sergei Prokofiev
write the
, simplistic
symphonic fairy
tale Peter and the
Wolf?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Satisfy Soviet authorities who called his music too complicated
Correct Answer:
Satisfy Soviet authorities who called his music too complicated
Question 7
0 out of 2 points
How many Jews
are estimated to
have been
exterminated at
Auschwitz-
Birkenau?
Answer
Selected Answer:
444,000
Correct Answer:
1-2.5 million
Question 8
2 out of 2 points
Why did Adolph
Hitler claim Jews
were to blame for
what he perceived
as Germany's
post-World War I
moral decline?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Their association with communism
Correct Answer:
Their association with communism
