Philadelphia Arts And Culture Practice Quiz 1.5
8 Questions
| Total Attempts: 291
This is the second practice quiz for Quiz 1 of Philadelphia Arts and Culture.
Questions and Answers
- 1.______ ______ was a Quaker statesman and a member of Proprietary Party. He was good friend and secretary to William Penn and built a large country estate called ‘Stenton.’
- 2._____ ______was a Quaker reformer known for his theatrical demonstrations of his beliefs. He denounced slaveholders and men of war and a strict vegetarian.
- 3._______ ______ was a scholarly mystic and alchemist who traveled to Germantown, PA with his followers to await the Millennium in the wilderness.
- 4.“Social activists and members of his faith celebrate ______ _____ as a founding father of the international movement to abolish slavery and one of its most effective advocates.
- 5.Which of the following is NOT a major concept needed to understand the Quaker aesthetic?
- A.
Kinship
- B.
Consensus
- C.
Cleverness
- D.
Community
- 6.According to Bernard Herman in his introduction to “Quakers as Producers,” which of the following adjectives most accurately describes the Quakers aesthetic?
- A.
Sumptuous
- B.
Functional
- C.
Plain
- D.
Boring
- 7.In the second half of the 17th century, the literacy rate in the American Colonies was lower than that of England. True or False?
- 8.One out of every four people owned a copy of ______ _______ ________, issued by Benjamin Franklin and famous for its sayings like "A penny saved is a penny earned."
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