Philadelphia Arts And Culture Quiz #3

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1. 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.

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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.

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2. 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.
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3. 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.
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4. ________ ________ ________ 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. 
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5. The ______ was a patented English process, an alternative to the daguerreotype.  The Langenheim brothers licensed it from Talbot in 1849.
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6. 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.”
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7. What is the first line George Lippard's of The Quaker City?
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8. Half of the city's foreign born population in 1880 were:
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9. Population in Philadelphia more than __________ from 1800‐1850
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10. What is Joseph Saxton best known for doing, specifically?
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11. This Philadelphia photographer is known best for being one of the first to use photography in a artistic style:
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Robert Montgomery Bird was a famous writer, who wrote plays and novels...
George Lippard was a 19th century writer and founder of the...
On May 17, 1838: an anti‐Abolitionist mob burned the recently...
________ ________ ________ was a cartoonist from the 1820 and...
The ______ was a patented English process, an alternative to the...
What is the name of the particular literary setting in Philadelphia...
What is the first line George Lippard's of The Quaker City?
Half of the city's foreign born population in 1880 were:
Population in Philadelphia more than __________ from 1800‐1850
What is Joseph Saxton best known for doing, specifically?
This Philadelphia photographer is known best for being one of the...
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