Cultural Reflections in Art and Artifacts — Test Answers

Which statement best compares the two historical objects?

Read the excerpt from Suffragists' "Great Demand" Banner. From colonial times to the American independence movement and the writing of the U.S. Constitution, voting rights had been restricted. Each colony had made its own rules about who could vote, and this practice continued once they became states. Requirements generally called for a certain age of maturity, generally twenty-one, and ownership of property, among other qualifications. Younger adults, Indians, African Americans, and women were typically disqualified from voting. While there were stirrings for the right of women to vote in the early nineteenth century, the cause took on a new seriousness with the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. Chronological structure is used in this passage to

Read the excerpt from Suffragists' "Great Demand" Banner. The effort picked up steam after the Civil War, when debate over the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which extended the vote to African American men, split the movement. Some leaders, like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojourner Truth, refused to endorse the amendment, believing it should also give women the vote. Others, such as Julia Ward Howe, Lucy Stone, and long-term women’s rights ally Frederick Douglass, argued that if black men were enfranchised, their support would help women achieve their goal. The conflict fractured the women’s movement, with some focusing on obtaining women’s suffrage state by state, others aiming at achieving universal suffrage at the federal level. Chronological structure is used in this passage to

Read the excerpt from "Early Victorian Tea Set.” Among the upper classes, tea had been popular since before 1700. It received celebrity endorsement from Charles II’s queen, Catherine of Braganza, and from Queen Anne. It came from China, it was expensive, refreshingly bitter and drunk in tiny cups without milk or sugar. People kept their tea in locked tea caddies, as if it were a drug; for those who could afford it, it often was. In the 1750s Samuel Johnson confessed himself a happy addict: A hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant, whose kettle scarcely has time to cool, who with Tea amuses the evening, with Tea solaces the midnights, and with Tea welcomes the morning. Which is the best summary of this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from Ship's Chronometer from HMS Beagle. Before long the whole of Britain was running by the clock, and the measurement of time had been severed from the natural cycle of days and seasons. The clock ruled every aspect of life — shops and schools, pleasure and work. As Charles Dickens wrote, ‘There was even railway time observed in clocks, as if the sun itself had given in.’ Nigel Thrift explains: The chronometer, an exceptionally accurate clock, meant that gradually an ever more accurate measure of time became possible, and that of course worked through other things in the nineteenth century to produce ever more standardized time. A good example of that is the railway, where standard time based on the meridian was first applied by the Great Western Railway in 1840 and gradually that standard time became general. MacGregor mainly engages the reader through the use of a(n)

Read the excerpt from Ms. Ragland’s speech, in which she welcomes students to the school career fair. Welcome to the annual career fair. We are honored to have over a hundred representatives for students to learn from today. Each presentation will be only two minutes long, so make sure to pay attention. We hope everyone hears about a career that interests them. Which words or phrases should Ms. Ragland emphasize to illustrate their importance?

Look at the picture of John Harrison painted by artist Philippe Joseph Tassaert. Expand Image What is the best reason for adding this picture to Ship's Chronometer from HMS Beagle?

Read the excerpt from Ship's Chronometer from HMS Beagle. It is made of brass and is around the size of a large pocket watch, with a normal clock dial showing roman numerals and a smaller dial at the bottom for the second hand. The clock is suspended inside a swivelling brass ring fitted to the inside of a wooden box – this is the key to keeping the chronometer level even in an unsteady ship.

Read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects. The slit drum began its life in Central Africa, in the region where Sudan and the Congo share a frontier, and it would have been part of the court orchestra of a powerful chief... The flanks of the drum have been carved to different thicknesses, so that a skilled drummer with a traditional drumstick can produce at least two tones and as many as four distinct pitches. How would adding an audio version of what a slit drum sounds like enhance the listener's experience of this part of the text?

Read the excerpt from Early Victorian Tea Set. Among the upper classes, tea had been popular since before 1700. It received celebrity endorsement from Charles II’s queen, Catherine of Braganza, and from Queen Anne. It came from China, it was expensive, refreshingly bitter and drunk in tiny cups without milk or sugar. People kept their tea in locked tea caddies, as if it were a drug; for those who could afford it, it often was. In the 1750s Samuel Johnson confessed himself a happy addict: A hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant, whose kettle scarcely has time to cool, who with Tea amuses the evening, with Tea solaces the midnights, and with Tea welcomes the morning. MacGregor’s main purpose in providing the quote is to

Read the excerpt from Early Victorian Tea Set. Desire for the drink increased in the eighteenth century, but government taxes kept the price high, so a vigorous smuggling trade developed to avoid the excise duty .

Which excerpt from Early Victorian Tea Set best expresses MacGregor’s viewpoint about tea?

Read the excerpt from Early Victorian Tea Set. In the eighteenth century Josiah Wedgwood had made some of the most expensive stoneware ceramics – in jasper and basalt – in Britain, but this tea set shows that by the 1840s, when Wedgwood produced it, the company was aiming at a much wider market. This is quite clearly mid-range pottery, simple earthenware of a sort that many quite modest British households were then able to afford. But the owners of this particular set must have had serious social aspirations, because all three pieces have been decorated with a drape of lacy hallmarked silver. Which descriptive details from the text best help the reader visualize the specific early Victorian tea set that is the central topic of the text?

Which sentence uses passive voice?

Read the excerpt from Ms. Ragland’s speech, in which she welcomes students to the school career fair. Welcome to the annual career fair. We are honored to have over a hundred representatives for students to learn from today. Each presentation will be only two minutes long, so make sure to pay attention. We hope everyone hears about a career that interests them. Which words or phrases should Ms. Ragland emphasize to illustrate their importance?

Which excerpt from Early Victorian Tea Set best expresses MacGregor’s viewpoint about tea?

Which type of language will he most likely use to present the information? Rhett is writing a blog post about his vacation plans.

Which statement expresses a viewpoint?

Read the sentence. The famous artist and sculptor Michelangelo sculpted the statue David in Italy in the early 1500s. The best reason for the writer to revise this sentence to be in the passive voice is to emphasize

Which kinds of questions is this audience most likely to ask? Ria’s school is moving from a traditional schedule to year-round schooling, and she is planning a presentation about the policy. Her audience mostly consists of parents in the community.