1E4 The Roaring 20s

Question 1

The Cotton Club is best known for launching the career of which great jazz musician?

Accepted Answer

Duke Ellington

Question 2

In the Roaring Twenties, women had to seduce men tp dance with them.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

What is the common point of all the Harlem Renaissance artists?

Accepted Answer

the subject of their art is the Afro American community

Question 4

Why did African Americans move to Harlem?

Accepted Answer

for oportunities

Question 5

When did prohibition begin?

Accepted Answer

in 1920

Question 6

Who is one of the main representatives of visual arts?

Accepted Answer

Aaron Douglas

Question 7

His business consisted of...

Accepted Answer

alcohol / smuggling : brothels / speakeasies

Question 8

Which famous gangster is suspected of organizing the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre?

Accepted Answer

Al Capone

Question 9

Who painted the Black Belt?

Accepted Answer

Archibald Motley

Question 10

During prohibition, it was legal to drink alcohol.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

How did Al Capone die?

Accepted Answer

disease

Question 12

What is the French for "speakeasies"?

Accepted Answer

bar clandestin

Question 13

Where does the Harlem Renaissance come from?

Accepted Answer

African American culture

Question 14

Jazz music born in New Orleans?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

What was the Black African American art movement called in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

The Harlem Renaissance

Question 16

How many members of the gang were killed?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 17

What did flappers do?

Accepted Answer

They danced to jazz music.

Question 18

What was the main role of the Cotton Club in 1920s Harlem?

Accepted Answer

an iconic jazz performance venue

Question 19

At what time the jazz era was born?

Accepted Answer

End of 19th century, beginning of the XXth century

Question 20

Where does the term "flappers" come from?

Accepted Answer

women who free themselves from the rules of tradition, marking a new era

Question 21

What year did the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre take place?

Accepted Answer

1929

Question 22

During the Roaring 20s, what paradox marked the operation of the Cotton Club?

Accepted Answer

it featured Black artists but banned black patrons

Question 23

Which city was Al Capone born in?

Accepted Answer

New York

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