In a bear market, the stock market

loses points over a period of time.

The saying "what goes up must come down" suggests that

good economic times are likely to be followed by bad times.

The crash of the stock market on October 29, 1929, marked

the beginning of the Great Depression.

During the Roaring Twenties,

the Dow Jones Index saw a rise of 350 percent.

A hemline is the line

formed by the lowest edge of a garment.

One can infer from this passage that

market forces and consumer behavior are strongly related.

According to the "hemline theory,"

fluctuations in the stock market are related to hemlines.

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Hemlines and the Stock Market

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1
Choose the correct answer.
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2
An event like the assassination of a president is likely to result in
shorter hemlines.
a bull market.
a fall in the stock market.
risque fashions.
3
A relationship between 2 quantities wherein one increases in proportion as the other decreases
is called the Dow Jones Industrial Index.
is called an inverse ratio.
is called risque.
is called hosiery.
4
In a bear market, the stock market
loses points over a period of time.
makes steady gains.
changes significantly from day to day.
remains static.
5
The saying "what goes up must come down" suggests that
women should not wear short skirts.
good economic times are likely to be followed by bad times.
the laws of gravity prevail.
short hemlines can only be sustained for about a year.
6
The crash of the stock market on October 29, 1929, marked
the beginning of a bull market.
the beginning of the Great Depression.
the beginning of a period of risque fashions.
an upswing in employment in America.
7
The longest sustained bull market ever seen in the US occurred
in the 1950s and 1960s.
in the 1950s and 1960s.
in the 1980s and 1990s.
in the 1920s and 1930s.
8
Which of the following fashions was typical of the 1960s?
hot pants
the maxiskirt
the miniskirt
bobbed hair
9
During the Roaring Twenties,
the economy remained at its World War 1 level.
the market declined after the assassination of McKinley.
Flappers wore their hair and dresses long.
the Dow Jones Index saw a rise of 350 percent.
10
The stock market of the 1980s and 1990s is describes as a
risky market.
a bear market.
a fashion market.
a bull market.
11
A hemline is the line
formed by the lowest edge of a garment.
behind which you must stand while waiting at the bank.
people utter when they want someone to move.
on the top border of a stock certificate.
12
One can infer from this passage that
market forces and consumer behavior are strongly related.
women's fashions change infrequently.
a bear market causes Americans to behave irrationally.
fashion designers control the economy.
13
According to the "hemline theory,"
fluctuations in the stock market are related to hemlines.
fabric shrinks when it is laundered.
people buy more clothes in good economic times.
more couples become engaged when hemlines are higher.

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