Philadelphia Arts And Culture Quiz #3
This is the third quiz for Professor Finkel's Fall 2009 Philadelphia Arts and Culture class to help you prepare for the test on Friday October 30th.
- 1.
What is the first line George Lippard's of The Quaker City?
- A.
“One winter night I was called to the bedside of a dying friend.”
- B.
"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board."
- C.
Once upon a time...
- D.
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen
- E.
On an exceptionally hot evening in early July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge
Correct Answer
A. “One winter night I was called to the bedside of a dying friend.” -
- 2.
Robert Montgomery Bird was a famous writer, who wrote plays and novels including the famous play about Spartacus and slave uprisings in ancient Rome called ______ , and Sheppard Lee, about a man who dies and whose soul goes on to possesses various other bodies.HINT: It was turned into a Hollywood movie that Russell Crowe starred in.
Correct Answer
The Gladiator
Gladiator - 3.
George Lippard was a 19th century writer and founder of the Brotherhood of the Union. His most famous published work _______ _______ was initially issued in several parts and based of the real 1843 trial of Singleton Mercer who was tried for the murder of his sisters rapist.
Correct Answer
Quaker City
The Monks of Monk Hall - 4.
Population in Philadelphia more than __________ from 1800‐1850
- A.
Doubled
- B.
Quadrupled
- C.
Tripled
Correct Answer
B. Quadrupled -
- 5.
This Philadelphia photographer is known best for being one of the first to use photography in a artistic style:
- A.
Joseph Saxton
- B.
Robert Cornelius
- C.
Robert Montgomery Bird
- D.
John Moran
Correct Answer
D. John Moran -
- 6.
On May 17, 1838: an anti‐Abolitionist mob burned the recently constructed _________ ________at Race and 6th Streets showing the changing social and political landscape of Philadelphia in the 1820 and 30s.
Correct Answer
Pennsylvania Hall - 7.
________ ________ ________ was a cartoonist from the 1820 and 1830s whose work focused on social pretensions within Philadelphia society. He is known for perpetuating exaggerated stereotypes of African Americans.
Correct Answer
Edward Williams Clay
Edward Clay - 8.
The ______ was a patented English process, an alternative to the daguerreotype. The Langenheim brothers licensed it from Talbot in 1849.
Correct Answer
Tablotype - 9.
What is Joseph Saxton best known for doing, specifically?
- A.
For taking the first American daguerreotype from the window of US Mint
- B.
For writing the classical American novel "Sheppard Lee."
- C.
For helping to make photography a commercial industry.
- D.
For helping to make photography part of artistic culture.
Correct Answer
A. For taking the first American daguerreotype from the window of US Mint -
- 10.
What is the name of the particular literary setting in Philadelphia that is being described below: “The front of the mansion, one plain mass of black and red brick, disposed like the alternate colors of a chessboard, looked towards the south. A massive hall-door, defended by heavy pillars, and surmounted by an intricate cornice, all carved and sculptured into hideous satyr-faces.”
Correct Answer
Monk Hall - 11.
Half of the city's foreign born population in 1880 were:
- A.
Eastern European
- B.
Italian
- C.
Irish
- D.
African American
- E.
German
Correct Answer
C. Irish -
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