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FIRST LA EXAM
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Dr. Venables would like to thank the Teaching Assistants who wrote the first drafts of many of these questions. They have added a significant student-oriented dimension to the exam which is very much appreciated. A tape-recorded message indicating any corrections or clarifications regarding the questions in this exam can be heard 24 hours a day: call 255-1648. This exam is based entirely on 100 multiple-choice questions. There are no essay or short answer sections in this exam. Each student MUST submit an individual Scantron Sheet (Bubble Sheet). Although you can work with other students on this exam, no team bubble sheets can be accepted because the computer will only provide Dr. Venables with a list of grades for individual names, not for groups. Scantron sheets (bubble sheets or answer sheets) will be available between 7:00 and 7:30 P.M. on Wednesday March 7 in the lobby outside the lecture hall. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR COPY OF THE EXAM INCLUDES ALL 100 QUESTIONS. Academic Integrity. To cheat or not to cheat one's own education is a personal decision, and your choice may be one of the most revealing and relevant aspects of this exam and this course. You must decide whether or not to share your answers with students who want to exploit your work rather than depend upon their own efforts. You can fend off potential parasites by reminding them that the Cornell policy defining academic integrity applies to both you and them. DIRECTIONS FOR SUBMITTING THE SCANTRON SHEET (BUBBLE SHEET) Scantron (bubble) sheets will be collected in the lobby outside the lecture hall between 7:00 and 7:30 PM on March 14, 2007. Scantron sheets turned in at any time after 7:30 PM will be penalized. Penalties are listed in the syllabus. DO NOT TURN IN A PRINTED COPY OF THE EXAM QUESTIONS. Please turn in only the scantron sheet. Do not turn in your bubble sheet early; at any other time; or at any other place unless you receive specific, written permission from Dr. Venables. This requirement avoids any confusions arising from such statements as Well, I turned it in early. It is in your mailbox. DO NOT STAPLE, FOLD, MUTILATE, SPINDLE, OR CRUMPLE YOUR BUBBLE SHEET. If the computer cannot read your bubble sheet because you have mishandled it, your bubble sheet will have to be corrected by the staff, and your exam will be penalized thirty points. You must use only a NUMBER TWO PENCIL to mark your answers on the bubble sheet. 1
BE SURE TO ENTER THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ACCURATELY AND COMPLETELY: LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, AND CORNELL I.D. (Be sure to enter your last name in the appropriate spaces; some students have been known to enter their last names where their first names should be, and their first names where their last names should be.) If the computer cannot identify you because you have entered your name and/or you ID incompletely or erroneously, you will be penalized thirty points, assuming that the staff can finally identify your exam. If your exam cannot be identified, you will not receive any credit whatsoever. Be sure to fill in your name TWICE, as directed on the Bubble Sheet (Answer Sheet): once by writing the letters spelling your name in the rectangular boxes provided, and the second by filling in the appropriate circles or "bubbles" below each letter of your name) Also, fill in the bubble sheet with your Cornell ID number. Be sure to fill in all appropriate spaces accurately. Note: the computer will record your exam score based on your last name be sure to place your last name and your first name in the correct boxes. ANSWERING THE MULTIPLE- CHOICE QUESTIONS Suggestion: You should consider printing out a copy of the exam and then circling your answers first. Then, if you change your mind on an answer, you will not have to erase the marking on the bubble sheet. You will also have a record of your answers. READING THE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS. Please assume that the information and the spellings in the QUESTIONS are all correct. Any errors in the QUESTIONS are unintentional and should be regarded as typographical errors. NOTE: questions and answers often contain clues to other questions and answers. READING THE ANSWERS: Of course the facts or definitions given in the answers will not always be correct. However, please assume that all quotations within an answer are accurate and correctly spelled, with the correct grammar. Please also assume that names such as Albany which might be spelled incorrectly e.g. Albeny) are typographical errors. Thus in the answers, we are not trying to trick you with spelling and grammar errors. We only expect you to spot incorrect facts and definitions. For an answer to be correct, ALL the information in the answer must be correct. Thus if an answer has even one word that is incorrect, then that entire answer choice is wrong. For example: CORRECT: George W. Bush went to Yale University and is the President of the United States INCORRECT: George W. Bush went to Cornell University and is the President of the United States [Cornell University makes the entire answer incorrect] PLEASE REPORT ANY POSSIBLE TYPOGRAPHICAL OR OTHER ERRORS TO DR. VENABLES BY CALLING HIM AT HIS HOME: 257-2057. It is possible that, in transmitting this exam via e-mail, the Word software changed the identifications of the answers from abcde to fghij or some other strange configuration. All answers should in fact read abcde, so please replace the confused identifications with abcde. YOU ARE INVITED TO DISCUSS THE EXAM WITH DR. VENABLES up until 9 PM Monday March 12. 2
You are welcome to phone Dr. Venables at his home phone [phone]) or e-mail him up to 9 P.M. Monday March 12. Please call between 9 AM and 9 PM, including weekends. You can leave a question on his answering machine if he is not there, and he will get back to you. However, after 9 PM Monday March 12, Dr. Venables will not answer questions at his home phone or any e-mail sent to him. Please do not leave a message on his office phone. Your calls to the office phone will not be returned. You may also talk with Dr. Venables during office hours on March 12, Monday, from 1:30 to 3 PM. Dr. Venables will not discuss the exam during the Risley dinner on March 9. THE QUESTIONS 1. A particular architectural style became popular across the cultural landscape of New York during the 1820s and 1830s, and historic homes reflecting this style can still be found throughout New York State. The style is known as: a) Gothic Revival b) Roman Revival c) Carpenter Gothic d) Greek Revival e) Egyptian Revival 2. Frederick Church designed a small lake as a part of his estates landscape so that guests at his home would enjoy a vista in which the lake complemented the shape of a) a natural lake in the nearby foothills of the Catskills b) a natural bay in the Hudson River c) a natural bay in the Mohawk River a few miles south of his estate d) a natural lake in the Adirondacks that visitors could see from his porch e) a natural lake in the Adirondacks that Church loved to visit 3. Cliftons poem, Tyrone (3) makes mention of which famous African-American athlete? a) b) c) d) e) Muhammad Ali Jesse Owens Jackie Robinson Arthur Ash Jim Brown
4. Which of the following is true of the 1731 New Dutch Church and its surrounding landscape? a) A fence insured the congregations privacy because the fence was higher than a standing person b) A turnstile stood at the corner of Liberty and Nassau Streets in Manhattan c) A commemorative print that illustrated the church was issued and was dedicated Rip Van Dam, president of New Yorks Royal Council, who had been appointed by the monarchs William and Mary in 1731 d) a and b e) a and c 3
5. Which of the following was an effect of the trial of John Peter Zenger in 1735?
a) The political influence of Governor William Cosby increased. b) The freedoms of press and speech were encouraged. c) The laws of seditious libel were shaped into the form followed by present-day American law. d) Reprints of essays originally published in Britain became prohibited in all New York newspapers. e) None of the above were effects of the Zenger trial. 6. A painting illustrates a black freeman delivering tea water in 1810 in New York City. At the time, tea water was in high demand because a) b) c) d) e) The tea water was a good remedy for muscle ailments at the time. The wells in Upper Manhattan were contaminated. The wells in Lower Manhattan were contaminated. a and c abc
7. After the American Revolution until 1796, The Gate of the Five Nations and the rest of Fort Niagara was manned by a) b) c) d) e) British soldiers Seneca warriors French soldiers Patriot soldiers Onondaga warriors
8. Which New Yorker, Christian rationalist, and Yale Graduate found the emotionalism of the colonial religious revivals both silly and repelling, and wrote: I can never persuade myself that Such Convulsions Agitations, Swoons, fluctuations, trances, groanings, yellings and internal Hypocricy are any signs that Christianity prevails among a people. a) b) c) d) e) William Livingston Frederick Philipse Isaac Brown Theodore Frelinghuysen Ebenzer Pemberton
9. Who wrote the poem On the Cape Coast of Slavery Castle a) Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang b) Kwabena Nketia c) Frederick Philipse d) Rip Van Dam e) W. E. B. Dubois 10. What is not true about a Claude Monet painting discussed in class that is now a part of New Yorks cultural landscape? a) x-rays revealed that extensive changes/revisions were made b) the discussion between the man and woman represents the nineteenth centurys attitude of superior/inferior relationships 4
c) the smoke from the steamships are, to Monet, a positive symbol of the Industrial age d) Monet painted this just a year after he had contemplated suicide e) Monet painted over a sailboat he originally included and added a chair 11. In lecture, what painting accompanied Walt Whitmans poem, Crossing Brooklyn Ferry? a) Francis A. Silva, Moonrise Over New York Harbor b) Asher B. Durand, Kindred Spirits c) Thomas Cole, Genesee Scenery d) George Inness, Spirit of Autumn e) Francis Silva, A Summer Day on the Coast 12. Which Clifton poem includes the line only Afrikan artists/ studying forever, can /represent them. they are brothers to each other/ and to other live/ and lovely things. a) willie b (1) b) my boys c) love rejected d) flowers e) those boys that ran together 13. Thomas Cole is described in The Empire State and/or as a) the last but most famous painter in the Hudson River School of painting b) English by birth c) an artist who seldom included concepts of spirituality in his works d) b and c e) a b c 14. In Cliftons good woman: I am one side of your skin, she sings, softness is the other, you know you know me well, she sings, you know you know me well is from a) willie b b) a song of mary c) homage to my hips d) the coming of Kali e) wife 15. In 1664, what percentage of the population was black in New Amsterdam? a) 1% b) 7% c) 10% d) 20% e) There were no black people in New Amsterdam 16. What is/are true about the three Oneida women traders traveling alone for days to trade with the Mohawks in 1634? a) The Great Law insured order and safety in all parts of Haudenosaunee territory b) these particular Oneida women were also warriors, and therefore they could protect themselves 5
c) Women are deeply respected by the Haudenosaunee and therefore it was safe to travel unaccompanied even with valuable goods d) a and c e) a b c 17. Four Mohawk Haudenosauene leaders who traveled to Europe in 1710 wanted military aid against whom? a) Spain b) France c) Great Britain d) The Hapsburgs e) The Dutch 18. What is true about the first Jewish colonists in New Amsterdam? a) The first group, 23 in number, arrived in 1640 as refugees from the Inquisition b) The first group, 23 in number, arrived in 1654 from Brazil c) Peter Stuyvesant welcomed them, despite the fact that the Dutch West India Company opposed having any Jews in New Netherlands d) a and b e) a b c 19. Using the statistics given in lecture, what were the consequences in New York City when there was a rumor of a slave revolt in 1741? a) 18 Blacks hanged and 4 Whites hanged b) 70 Blacks were deported to the West Indies c) 13 Blacks burned at the stake d) b and c e) a b c 20. A portrait of Robert Fulton was painted in 1806 by: a) Frederick Church b) Benjamin West c) Thomas Cole d) John Vanderlyn e) Thomas Birch 21. During the beaver wars, the Dutch made an alliance with: a) Mohawks b) Hurons c) Pequots d) a and c e) a b c
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22. What is the year of the ethnocentric document that grants permission to diverse merchants wishing to discover New Unknown Rivers, Countries and Places, a phrase that clearly ignores the fact that the Indians already knew where the rivers, countries, and places were! a) 1609 b) 1611 c) 1614 d) 1643 e) 1664 23. The site for Fort Orange was on the west bank of the Hudson River and is now part of which modern port? a) Manhattan b) Newark c) Staten Island d) New Paltz e) Albany 24. The Peacemaker taught that among your enemies, you should seek out the worst person and that you should give your enemy _____ opportunities to negotiate. a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four e) Five 25. El Grito de Lares is/was centered in New York City and is/was a a) movement calling for Puerto Ricos independence from the US b) movement calling for Puerto Ricos independence from Spain c) Puerto Rican song made famous in the musical West Side Story d) a and c e) b and c 26. Which Dutch colonist questioned the cruelty of slaughtering of Indians in 1643? a) Willem Kieft b) Henderick Van Dyck c) David de Vries d) Peter Stuyvesant e) Henry Hudson 27. In 1811, the grid for Manhattan a) included plans for Central Park b) was in part the work of Simeon De Witt of Ithaca fame c) was a logical extension of the 1790 grid plan created by De Witt Clinton d) a and b e) b and c 28. Akwe:kon is a Mohawk word meaning all of us. What does all of us refer to? 7
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Humans no matter what their race or ethnicity All animals, birds, fish, and other non-humans All the land and the waters (such as the rivers and lakes) a and b abc
29. Which of the following are accurate associations related to the estimate that the Indians of New Netherlands had been ten times as numerous as they now are? a) the above quote are the words of Adriaen Van der Donck b) The drop in Indian population noted in the above quote was caused in part by the arrival of the Europeans, including the Peach War c) Peter Stuyvesant reported that the Indians themselves believed that their population had been melted down by small pox d) a and b e) a b c 30. Regarding Central Park, Professor Dan Krall noted that a) Central Parks social purpose was intended to elevate and educate the cultural tastes of New Yorkers so that they would be better Americans b) Frederick Law Olmsted expected Central Park would mix the social classes in a social setting c) Sunken cross streets, linking Fifth Avenue with Central Park West, were designed so they would not to interfere with the parks green spaces and the parks many recreational and cultural components d) a and b e) a b c 31. The First European to sight the coastline of the land that would one day be named New York was the maritime explorer whose ship was called the . a) Henry Hudson and the Half Moon b) Giovanni de Verrazano and the Dauphin c) Estevar Gomes and the Maestra d) Christopher Columbus and the Santa Mara e) Vasco de Gama and the So Gabriel 32. In Sage Chapel, there is a memorial stained glass window that commemorates three men: James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, all three of whom were murdered in 1964 in Mississippi by the Ku Klux Klan because they were ___________? a) Sitting in an all white restaurant b) Planning a march c) Trying to register black voters d) Looking at a Caucasian female e) Sitting in the front of a public bus 33. ran against walls/without breaking./in night games/was not foul/ but, brave as a hit/over whitestone fences,/entered the conquering dark. This is from Lucille Cliftons poem entitled: 8
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eldridge malcolm a visit to gettysburg jackie robinson to bobby seale
34. In New York City, a multi-storied parking facility is now on South William Street just east of what is now Broad Street. What is true of this area? a) The first Jewish synagogue in New Amsterdam was once located where the parking facility is today b) Trinity Church, now at Broadway and Wall, was originally located where the parking facility is today c) during the Dutch era, Broad Street was a canal d) a and c e) b and c 35. If people died of all the things they remember, we would live forever. This line a) is in Lucille Cliftons memoir that begins on page 223 of good woman b) is about the plight of black slaves after they arrive in New Amsterdam c) is part of a poem that also includes the line In silence and alone mothers hear the cries of stolen children. d) a and b e) a and c 36. As a Hackensack Indian prisoner of war was being tortured by the Dutch in New Amsterdam in 1644, he sang his death song. Why? a) he wanted to call attention to his pain b) he hoped others would ease his pain c) he was expressing pride in contributing his spiritual strength to the Creation d) he was protesting the cruelty of his torture e) None of these answers is correct. 37. The London Times predicted that New York City would become the London of the New World because . a) the English seized New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664 b) the English conquered French Canada between 1759-1763 c) New York City was made the first capital of the United States d) of the building of the Erie Canal e) of the sailing of the steamboat Clermont in 1807 38. What was name of the Indian slave market in colonial New York City? a) Ithaca Market b) Esopus Market c) Albany Market d) Oswego e) Market Fort Stanwix Market 9
39. Orenda incorporates a) b) c) d) e) The collection of negative spirits The oversoul of all the beings within a community The power of nature within each persons individual spirit The pain endured during an individuals life, especially in the Northeast Indian torture ceremony The value of a soul of a person who endures the Northeast Indian torture ceremony
40. Who was a notable painter in New Netherlands? a) Henri Coutourier b) Pieter Bruegel c) Frans Hals d) Hendrick Teubrugghen e) Jan Van Goyen 41. Which of the following are characteristic of Dutch architecture in New Netherlands? a) Greek Revival columns in the front, often supporting overlapping second floors b) steep roofs, a narrow base, and, sometimes, overlapping second floors c) roofed, screened-in front porches d) French-style columns in the front, often supporting overlapping second floors e) living rooms with domed ceilings and even an occasional stained glass window 42. Which of the following buildings stands on the site of Adrian Blocks temporary quarters? a) One Broadway b) New York Stock Exchange c) Goldman Sachs d) U.S. Custom House, the site of the colonial fort e) Cunard Building 43. Which poem by Lucille Clifton includes the lines ah, lady, i can see you now, our personal nurse, placing the iron wrapped in rags near our cold toes. a) in the evenings b) the news c) my friends d) harriet e) malcolm 44. Dr. Venables proposed that the common analogy, Israelis and Palestinians can be compared to Colonists and Indians should be changed to Israelis and Palestinians can be compared to ________ and _________. This is because in both comparisons, larger powers were being served by the tensions and warfare (in the case of the Haudenosaunee, the English were the primary power in the alliance; and in the case of the Hurons, the French were the major power in that alliance). a) b) c) d) Onondagas and Iroquois Onondagas and Haudenosaunee Iroquois and Haudenosaunee Haudenosaunee and Hurons 10
e) Delawares and Hurons 45. Which of these is NOT one of the wampum belts that were used in the design of Akwe:kon? a) b) c) d) e) Invitation Wampum Belt Tadadaho Wampum Belt Wing Fan Wampum Belt Jay Treaty Wampum Belt Guswenta Wampum Belt
46. A 1786 portrait of Joseph Brant: a) was painted by Gilbert Stuart b) is in the Fenimore Art Museum in Albany c) includes Niagara Falls in the background of the painting d) a and c e) a b c 47. By 1830, Americans aged fourteen and above consumed the equivalent of how much absolute alcohol annually, the highest level in American history? a) 5 gallons b) 6.4 gallons c) 7.1 gallons d) 8.5 gallons e) 10.3 gallons 48. Regarding The Great Awakening in New York, who noted that I can never persuade myself that Such Convulsions, howlings, cryings, Shreekings are any sign that Christianity prevails among a people. a) James DeLancey b) William Livingston c) Governor William Tryon d) Alexander Hamilton e) George Whitefield 49. In the painting of The Council with Tadadaho by Ernie Smith, Tadadahos twisted thinking is represented by his head full of twisting snakes. Hiawatha and the Peacemaker are having a meeting with Tadadaho to try and change his mind. Hiawatha can be translated as He who combs, a term which symbolizes: a) Removing the snakes from his hair b) Straightening the snakes Tadadahos corrupt thinking -- to make his mind clear c) How Hiawatha and the Haudenosaunee women tried but could not remove the snakes because some things cannot be changed d) b and c e) a b c 50. The lines i walk on bones/ snakes twisting/ in my hand/ locusts breaking my mouth/an old man/leaving slavery is from which Clifton poem? 11
a) b) c) d) e)
Moses Adam and Eve Palm Sunday Job Daniel
51. Johannes Megapolensis was a Dutch Reformed minister hired by the citizens of Rensselaerwyck. His responsibilities included spreading Christianity to the Indians, including the writing of a Dutch-_________ Dictionary. a) Cayuga b) Mohawk c) Oneida d) Onondaga e) Seneca 52. According to The Empire State, how did the Dutch often assign Native American tribal names? a) Based on the appearance of the clan b) On the basis of the principal geographic feature of the surrounding area. c) Tribes were named after their leaders d) Europeans did not assign tribal names e) There was no basis for the names of the Native American tribes 53. Which of the following is/are true about Jacob Leisler? a) He was a religious zealot who feared Protestant forms of Christianity b) Returning to England, he led Leislers Rebellion in England, also known as the 1688 Glorious Revolution c) Leisler opposed Frederick Philipse of Philipse Manor in North Tarrytown (Sleepy Hollow) d) a and c e) a b c 54. The Van Bergen overmantle depicts eighteenth century farm life in what part of New York State? a) The Bronx b) Long Island c) Broome County d) The Hudson Valley e) The Finger Lakes Region 55. The Dutch language contributed many words to American English, among them are, a) boodle, boss, cole slaw, spook, and cookie b) snoop, dope, dumb, and sleigh c) poppycock, Santa Claus, pancake, and stoop d) a and b e) a b c
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56. Who wrote satirically, The Clods like a Vicious horse that had throwne his rider and run away with the reins on his neck Seemd to despise all manner of restraint and was for taking into their hands the Exercise of all the power of the Steward and Lord of the mannour too? a) Lewis Morris b) Jacob Leisler c) Robert Livingston d) William Burnet e) Cadwallader Colden
57. The word Catskill comes from: a) cat meaning mountainous and kill meaning land b) kats meaning running and skill meaning gifted c) kat meaning cat and kill meaning stream d) kat meaning cat and kill meaning slay e) cats meaning poach and kill meaning mastery 58. In what year did New York City first surpass Philadelphia in its population size? a) 1800 b) 1810 c) 1820 d) 1830 e) 1840 59. Which religious leader upbraided the youthful evangelist George Whitfield for making a disturbance in Philadelphia, and sowing and causing divisions in other places in 1739 during the Great Awakening? a) The Presbyterian leader the Reverend Ebenezer Pemberton b) Theodore Frelinghuysen, a Dutch Reformed preacher from the Raritan Valley in New Jersey c) Dominie Henricus Boel of the Old Dutch Church d) Reverend William Vesey of Trinity Church at Broadway and Wall Street e) Jonathan Edwards of New York City 60. By the 1760s, fashionable New Yorkers were having their portraits painted by artists such as: a) Benjamin West and John Wollaston b) John Singleton Copely c) Samuel Fraunces and Lawrence Kilburn d) a and b e) a b c 61. The wisest Man among us, without a Fortune, is neglected and despised; and the greatest Blockhead with one, caressd and honourd. These were the words of a) William Smith, Jr. b) William Livingstone c) Samuel Fraunces d) Cadwallader Colden 13
e) Dr. Samuel Johnson 62. From which British song was the tune of Americas the National Anthem taken? a) The Anacreontic Song, sung at funerals in London b) The Anacreontic Song, a drinking song c) The Anacreontic Song, sung at weddings d) Rule Britannia!, sung at any civic occasion e) God Save the King, sung at any civic occasion 63. The anchor, in religious settings such as Sage Chapel, is a symbol of: a)Strength b)Hope c)Greed d)Fate e)Success 64. sometimes/the whole world of women/seems a landscape of/red blood and things/that need healing is from Cliftons a) africa b) in salem: to jeanette c) homage to my hair d) her love poem e) she is dreaming 65. On February 25, 1643, Governor Willem Kieft ordered raids against local Lenapis (Delawares) which killed over eighty people in two Indian towns, despite the fact that: a)Some of the Dutch wanted peace b)The Lenapis were at peace c)The Lenapis were paying taxes to the Dutch to protect them from the Mohawks d)a and b e)a b c 66. The Duke of Alva was important image for David de Vries because de Vries drew a comparison between Alvas actions against the ________ and Kiefts massacre of the Indian tribes. a)Spanish b)English c)French d)Dutch e)Germans 67. Slides were shown in class of Philipse Manor, a historic site that includes a manor home, mill, and barn. Today, Philipse Manor is in which Westchester town? a)Eastchester b)Dobbs Ferry c)Sleepy Hollow d)Larchmont e)Yonkers 14
68. An Indian town located near what is now the western end of the _________ was attacked in 1643 because Governor Willem Kieft wanted more land under his control. a)George Washington Bridge b)Tappan Zee Bridge c)Verrazano Bridge d)Brooklyn Bridge e)Manhattan Bridge 69. Lieutenant Governor Cadwallader Colden proposed what would become the Erie Canal in: a)1724 b)1763 c)1808 d)1817 e)1825 70. Different societies perceive different major causes of strife in their eras. Tchaikovskys overture from Romeo and Juliet; Prokofievs ballet music for Romeo and Juliet; and Bernsteins West Side Story each reflect the composers beliefs that the major cause of strife in their eras were, respectively: a) b) c) d) e) fate; capitalist economic competition; social causes serfdom; war with Germany; urban expansion defeat in war; social causes; and economic capitalist competition economic capitalist competition; defeat in war; uncontrolled immigration none of the above
71. The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) divide their cultural landscape into The Clearings and The Woods. The Woods are: a) Specific locations in the wilderness where the Haudenosaunee women feel safe and are protected by the men b) Abandoned towns and fields, fields lying fallow, the forest, and all other lands not inhabited by the Haudenosaunee c) The spot where the Tree of Peace was planted by the Peacemaker and Hiawatha d) The primary place of Haudenosaunee worship e) The place where the women were in primary control of the men 72. What was/were the theory(s) of disease that the Indians of New York subscribed to? a) Theft of one's soul b) Theft of life's vitality c) Evil spirit penetrating the sufferer's body d) Both a and b e) All of the Above 73. Friends of my heart, lovers of natures works, Let me transport you to those wild, blue mountains are lines . a) by Washington Irving b) by Frederick Church c) by Walt Whitman 15
d) by Thomas Cole e) by Lucille Clifton 74. Which of the following accurately describe part(s) of the New York cultural landscape? a) the Egyptian obelisk in Central Park known as Cleopatras Needle b) Thomas Coles two magnificent paintings, both entitled The Course of Empire and now on exhibit in the New-York Historical Society c) Mount Auburn, the rural cemetery in Brooklyn d) a and c e) a b c
75. yes I will/teach white rock to answer/yes I will is from Cliftons a) a visit to gettysburg b) poem for my sisters c) apology d) song e) buffalo war 76. the grayer she do get, good God,/the blacker she do be! is from Cliftons a) africa b) in salem: to jeanette c) homage to my hair d) her love poem e) she is dreaming 77. Assume that the LA 140 class is composed of a total of 300 people, including students, TAs, Dr. Cowdery, and Dr. Venables. On one evening, a TA brings two dogs to class. Assuming human attendance remains the same (300), what is the Orenda of the class on a night when the dogs arent there, and what is Orenda of the class on the night the dogs are there? a) 300 and 300 b) 600 and 604 c) 0 and 0 d) 300 and 302 e) 600 and 600 78. In 1859, New Yorks political scene included divisions a) between Tammany Hall and Bach Hall b) between Tammany Hall and Mozart Hall c) over support or condemnation of John Browns seizure of Harpers Ferry d) a and b e) b and c 79. Today the U.S. Custom House in Lower Manhattan includes a branch of the Smithsonians National Museum of the American Indian. This location was once: a) a fort 16
b) the Hudson that is, river water because the Custom House is entirely on landfill c) the site of the 1613-1614 camp of Adrian Block d) the East River that is, river water because the Custom House is on landfill e) a canal once used by the Dutch 80. What island in Cayuga Lake held ancient Native American artifacts? a) Far View Island b) Cayuga Island c) Frontenac Island d) Fire Island e) Coney Island 81. Which of the following is/are accurate? a) The Haudenosaunee believed and still believe that they are, metaphorically, still in the Garden of Eden. b) Jigonhsasee originally killed and cooked warriors who stopped at her home until that moment when she encountered Tadadaho c) Hiawatha evidently means he who combs, symbolically meaning he who straightens the thoughts of Tadadaho d) a and c e) a b c 82. Between 1820 and 1860, which of the following products was primarily responsible for New York Citys prominence in foreign commerce? a) Tobacco b) Cotton c) Corn d) Vegetables of all kinds e) Furs 83. In 1760, a description of the Albany home of the Schuyler family included the following: The best bedroom was hung with family portraits, some of which were admirably executed; and in the eating room some fine scripture paintings. These are the words of a) Sheriff Tobias Freake b) Kiliaen Van Rensselaer c) Washington Irving d) Anne Grant e) Frederick Philipse 84. Leislers Rebellion and the Schenectady massacre of 1690 brought home the fact that New York was: a) militarily unreliable b) politically unstable c) the least English province in North America d) a and b e) a b c
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85. The transition from Dutch to English rule in New York also affected African Americans, slave and free, and Native Americans. In 1664, the colony of New York had about ______ blacks, of whom about 375 lived in New York City. a) 450 b) 575 c) 625 d) 700 e) 875 86. Who was the person who made the classic argument that the American Revolution in New York was a struggle not only over home rule but over who should rule at home? a) Carl Becker b) Jacob Leisler c) Nicholas Bayard d) Robert Livingston e) Lewis Morris 87. the cracks in the sidewalks turn green/and the Indian women sell pussywillows/on the corner is from Cliftons a) daddy p. 85 b) the news c) on the death of allens son d) to joan e) confession 88. Why are elaborate colonial forts such as Fort Ticonderoga called star-shaped, and why was this design preferable to circles, simple squares, or simple rectangles? a) Circles are inappropriate, because defensive fire spreads out from the walls like spokes on a wheel, creating gaps an attacker can exploit. Simple squares or rectangles are vulnerable to attack at each corner. b) Bastions make a fort appear star shaped; bastions jut out from the corners, making the corners of less vulnerable to attack. c) Demi-lunes add to this star-shaped image: demi-lunes are usually triangle-shaped extensions of a forts protection, are located between bastions, and are connected to the main forts curtain walls only by drawbridges. d) b and c e) a b c 89. Reverend Everardus Bogardus letter to Director General Van Twiller: a) Condemned him for drinking b) Cursed him for his attempted assassination of Governor Kieft c) call him a villain in his hide d) a and c e) a b c 90. What does The Rose refer to during the American Revolution in New York City? a) a tavern in Lower Manhattan 18
b) a British frigate c) a fort on Lake Champlain d) a Patriot female spy e) a British female spy 91. Which of the following had its construction begun in 1790 at the foot of Broadway in New York City, originally meant for president George Washington although he never lived there? a) Washington Memorial b) Government House c) Museum of Modern Art d) St. Patrick's Cathedral e) McComb Mansion 92. An important colonial New York City market was named after a boat widely used for river trade. The name of the market is a) Fly Market b) Schooner Market c) Brig Market d) Wilden Market 93. Who painted Landscape Scene from Last of the Mohicans? a) Thomas Cole b) J.F. Kensett c) Frederick Church d) George Catlin e) George Inness 94. Dr. Venables noted that on 9/11, the words We love NYC and other phrases were written on a replica Patriot flag by people who solemnly gathered a) b) c) d) e) At a monument at Saratoga Battlefield At a monument at Oriskany Battlefield At a monument at Fort Stanwix At Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan At Castle Clinton in Lower Manattan
95. The Great Western Turnpike of New York, formally an Iroquois trading path, was along what route today? a) Route 90 b) The Thruway c) Route 81 d) Route 5 e) The Erie Canal 96. Who painted the "Lockport on the Erie Canal" in 1832? a) D. Maitland Armstrong b) Edward L. Henry c) Walter Green 19
d) Mary Keys e) A. Wordsworth Thompson 97. In The Course of Empire, Thomas Cole uses a symbol to suggest how people could rebuild their society after it has fallen. The symbol and its meaning are: a) b) c) d) e) pelican; self-sacrifice anchor; hope stonehenge; faith mountain; permanence of nature ship; commerce
98. Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the Erie Canal? a) The taking of Haudenosaunee land in what are now regarded as illegal treaties provided the land over which the canal was built b) It was built entirely with funding from the federal government. [state-funded] c) It was completed in 1825, and opened with the ceremonial firing of cannons. d) It permitted Rochester to emerge as the first western milling center. e) It permitted New York City to become the leading flour port in America as early as 1827. 99. Where was the United States Constitution ratified by New York State in 1788? a) Poughkeepsie State Courthouse b) Dutchess County Courthouse c) Sufolk County Courthouse d) Governor Clinton's home e) Queens County Courthouse 100. A work attributed to the artist John Heaton illustrates an eighteenth century farm in Greene County that includes a) at least two black female slaves b) at least two Indians c) the Catskill Mountains d) a and b e) a b c THIS IS THE END OF THE EXAM.
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